Market Needs, Opportunities and Barriers for the Floating Wind Industry

Abstract

This paper reviews the status of floating wind energy expansion, market needs, opportunities, and barriers. Even more expensive than many other generation technologies currently, the floating wind will contribute to the decarbonization of Europe. This document assesses the market strategies available to develop floating wind farms in Europe. The study includes four main phases in addition to the overview of the current state-of-the-art: a technology review, market outlook, opportunities, and commercialization barriers. During its development, the offshore wind has moved from experimentation to a final design (Semisubmersible/barge, Tension Leg Platform, and Spar).

Failure analysis of floating offshore wind turbines considering working condition correlations

“…Now the floater development has entered the pre‐commercial phase. It enables fully harvesting global offshore wind resources located in water deeper than 60 m, where 80% of the world's offshore wind resources existed 5–8 …”

“…It enables fully harvesting global offshore wind resources located in water deeper than 60 m, where 80% of the world's offshore wind resources existed. [5][6][7][8] Floating offshore wind turbines (FOWTs) are prone to malfunction in mechanical equipment, electromechanical assembly, and structural component, caused by system complexity and harsh operation condition at sea. [9][10][11] Furthermore, those failure risks are able to evolve into severe failure consequences due to maintenance delays considering weather windows, insufficient maintenance resources, and risk uncertainty of FOWTs.…”

Surrogate based sensitivity analysis and uncertainty quantification of floating wind turbine mooring systems

“…To this aim, the European Commission plans to install 30GW of new offshore wind farms every year, between now and 2030 [2]. In recent years, a considerable effort towards the development of floating offshore wind turbine technology is seen [4]. These floating wind turbines are generally secured by mooring systems that consists of the mooring lines and the anchors.…”

Experimental Analysis of CENTEC-TLP Self-Stable Platform with a 10 MW Turbine

“…While the total wind capacity is increasing [3], offshore wind has some advantages over onshore wind. The high offshore wind potential and the long distance from the coast allow higher energy extraction with a reduced impact on residential areas [4]. Thus, offshore wind is advantageous with the possibility of implementing larger turbines [5].…”