The aim of this article is defining a methodology which allows us to evaluate the main mooring and anchoring costs of floating offshore wind farms. In this sense, costs of most important phases of life cycle will be analysed: manufacturing, installation, exploitation and dismantling. For this purpose several models will be defined taking into account the type of floating offshore wind platform (semisubmersible, Tensioned Leg Platform or spar), mooring disposition (transitional no tensioned, slack no tensioned, tensioned with 90º or tensioned with 45º), mooring material (chain, cable and synthetic fibre) and type of anchor (drag embedment anchor, suction pile, gravity anchor and plate anchor). Finally the proposed method will be applied to know mooring costs of a substructure located in the region of Galicia (North-West of Spain). Results show how each of these costs depend on the model considered, which help investors to decide what the best model is.
Abstract. Renewable marine energy has emerged as a centrepiece of the new energy economy, because of its abundance, regularity and to be environmentally -friendly. However, its exploitation in a commercial way is constrained due to several engineering problems. One of the mayor of the major constraints when installing this type of structures grounded on the seabed over 100 meters depth. One of the characteristics of the Spanish oceanic coastal shore is its high depth. So, in order to develop any kind of offshore energy in Spain, floating platforms are needed. Besides all of them should be anchored to the seabed. The aim of this article is to characterize mooring system of several floating offshore platforms which are currently designed to support any type of structure for the exploitation of marine energy (wind, waves or tidal energy).
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