A enterprise and tutorial consortium has kicked off collaboration on the way forward for floating offshore wind.
The TAILWIND undertaking, launched in January 2024, will ship superior station-keeping applied sciences, designed to keep up the place of floating offshore wind farms, in response to NKT, which not too long ago joined the consortium.
NKT stated that the combination of a dynamic cable system with novel mooring applied sciences and platform designs developed inside TAILWIND might be key.
“Advancing the event of floating offshore wind is an important subsequent step within the inexperienced transition. It is going to require technological developments from all stakeholders, together with energy cables. We consider our dynamic cables will play an vital function right here and sit up for them integrating into the opposite new applied sciences which might be being developed for floating wind on this undertaking,” stated Anders Jensen, CTO, NKT.
The competence and know-how of NKT’s Simulation Companies division will play a significant function within the execution of simulations and mechanical analyses of dynamic cables, the corporate stated.
The TAILWIND undertaking is claimed to contribute to the targets set by the “REPowerEU” Plan and the “Match for 55” bundle, aiming to speed up the roll-out of renewables. The undertaking is funded by the EU’s Horizon programme.
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The TAILWIND consortium consists of NGI – Norwegian Geotechnical Institute, TU Delft – Geotechnical Engineering Part (Netherlands), Danmarks Tekniske Universitet (Denmark), SINTEF Ocean AS (Norway), Fundación Tecnalia Analysis & Innovation (Spain), Nautilus Floating Options (Spain), Bekaert Wire Rope Trade NV (Belgium), Subsea 7 Norway AS (Norway), Fondazione ICONS (Italy), Clarke Modet Y Compania S.L. (Spain), NKT Cables Group A/S (Denmark), Bridon Worldwide LTD (UK), College of Southampton (UK).
“We’re proud to kick off this vital undertaking with a world-leading consortium bringing business and analysis collectively to develop extra sustainable and cost-effective options for mooring floating wind generators,” stated Thomas Langford, Director Offshore Vitality at NGI – Norwegian Geotechnical Institute.
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