Floating Wind Turbines
BUOYANCY STABILIZED
Technology and advantages
Access to previously inaccessible waters.
Commissioned and assembled at the quayside.
Foundations not necessary
1. Sea life disturbance minimized
2. Reduced geotechnical requirements
Also
3. Considerably less noise and visual pollution
4. Greater energy/cost value
Initiatives - Hywind
Developed by Norwegian energy company Statoil ASA
World's first full-scale floating wind turbine
10 km off the soutwest coast of Norway
100 meters beneath the sea's surface
Can be employed at ocean depths of 120 to 700 meters
Main objective is to test the impact of wind and waves on the structure over a two-year
period
Initiatives Blue H
Dutch company Blue H Technologies has devised a `Submerged Deepwater Platform'
(SDP)
In 2008, the company installed a 75% scale prototype SDP with a small wind turbine in
113-metre deep water
20 km off the coast of Southern Italy
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