"hywind" - 1 õppematerjal

Floating Wind Turbines

Fourth level Fourth level Fifth level Fifth level About FWT Same energy producing concept as any other WT Professor William E. Heronemus, 1972 First offshore bottom-fixed WT as oflate 20s First FWT Hywind in Norway, late 2009 ( cost 55 mil euros) Fukushima coast, Japan Technology and advantages Instead of bottom-fixed phycical foundation, floating platforms are attached to the seabed with mooring lines. Three main types of floating wind platforms Ballast stabilized Tension Leg Platforms Buoyancy Stabilized (Hywind) BUOYANCY STABILIZED Technology and advantages Access to previously inaccessible waters. Commissioned and assembled at the quayside.