Floating offshore wind turbines installation methods

Abstract

Floating offshore wind turbines are an emerging source of marine renewable energy, in deep water offshore locations, with minimal visual impact from the shore. The presentation reviews the installation methods for floating wind types such as barges, Spars, semi submersibles and TLPs and offers suggestions for improvements.

This floating wind presentation will be useful for stakeholders in the offshore wind engineering sector who are offering installation solutions for floating wind installations. The overview of the installation challenges for different substructure types will provide important information to developers of floating wind.