[HTML][HTML] Market needs, opportunities and barriers for the floating wind industry

H Díaz, J Serna, J Nieto, C Guedes Soares - Journal of Marine Science …, 2022 - mdpi.com
This paper reviews the status of floating wind energy expansion, market needs,
opportunities, and barriers. Even more expensive than many other generation technologies …

Developments in semi-submersible floating foundations supporting wind turbines: A comprehensive review

Y Liu, S Li, Q Yi, D Chen - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
Semi-submersible foundation, as one of the most feasible platform supporting the floating
offshore wind turbine, is developing at a fast pace with the offshore wind turbines moving to …

[HTML][HTML] Review of experimental-numerical methodologies and challenges for floating offshore wind turbines

P Chen, J Chen, Z Hu - Journal of Marine Science and Application, 2020 - Springer
Due to the dissimilar scaling issues, the conventional experimental method of FOWTs can
hardly be used directly to validate the full-scale global dynamic responses accurately …

[HTML][HTML] Toward a common understanding of ocean multi-use

MF Schupp, M Bocci, D Depellegrin, A Kafas… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The “open ocean” has become a highly contested space as coastal populations and
maritime uses soared in abundance and intensity over the last decades. Changing marine …

Compensation of a hybrid platform dynamics using wave energy converters in different sea state conditions

JF Gaspar, M Kamarlouei, F Thiebaut, CG Soares - Renewable Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
An hybrid floating platform concept, combining a wind turbine with wave energy converter
devices, has been proposed. This paper conducts a further exploration of these synergies …

A CFD study of coupled aerodynamic‐hydrodynamic loads on a semisubmersible floating offshore wind turbine

TT Tran, DH Kim - Wind Energy, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The prediction of dynamic characteristics for a floating offshore wind turbine (FOWT) is
challenging because of the complex load coupling of aerodynamics, hydrodynamics, and …

[HTML][HTML] Technology Assessment of offshore wind turbines: Floating platforms–Validated by case study

A Alkhalidi, H Kaylani, N Alawawdeh - Results in Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Although floating offshore wind technology is gaining interest due to its potential, the
platform part makes the highest proportion of the total cost. As a result, an appropriate …

[HTML][HTML] Response of the International Energy Agency (IEA) Wind 15  WindCrete and Activefloat floating wind turbines to wind and second-order waves

MY Mahfouz, C Molins, P Trubat… - Wind Energy …, 2021 - wes.copernicus.org
Abstract The EU Horizon 2020 project COREWIND (COst REduction and increase
performance of floating WIND technology) has developed two floating platforms for the new …

Preliminary stability design method and hybrid experimental validation of a floating platform for 10 MW wind turbine

X Feng, Y Lin, Y Gu, D Li, B Chen, H Liu, Y Sun - Ocean Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Platform motions induced by wind and waves import strong nonlinear coupling effects in the
aerodynamic characteristics of floating offshore wind turbines (FOWTs), which exacerbate …

A frequency domain approach for analyzing motion responses of integrated offshore fish cage and wind turbine under wind and wave actions

YI Chu, CM Wang, H Zhang - Aquacultural Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper presents a frequency domain (FD) approach for analyzing wind and wave
coupling effect on motion responses of an integrated offshore fish cage and wind turbine …