Floating Offshore Wind Turbines: Current Status and Future Prospects

Mohammad Barooni, Turaj Ashuri, Deniz Velioglu Sogut (), Stephen Wood and Shiva Ghaderpour Taleghani
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Mohammad Barooni: Ocean Engineering and Marine Sciences, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL 32901, USA
Turaj Ashuri: College of Engineering and Engineering Technology, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA 30144, USA
Deniz Velioglu Sogut: Ocean Engineering and Marine Sciences, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL 32901, USA
Stephen Wood: Ocean Engineering and Marine Sciences, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL 32901, USA
Shiva Ghaderpour Taleghani: School of Arts and Communication, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL 32901, USA

Energies, 2022, vol. 16, issue 1, 1-28

Abstract: Offshore wind energy is a sustainable renewable energy source that is acquired by harnessing the force of the wind offshore, where the absence of obstructions allows the wind to travel at higher and more steady speeds. Offshore wind has recently grown in popularity because wind energy is more powerful offshore than on land. Prior to the development of floating structures, wind turbines could not be deployed in particularly deep or complicated seabed locations since they were dependent on fixed structures. With the advent of floating structures, which are moored to the seabed using flexible anchors, chains, or steel cables, wind turbines can now be placed far offshore. The deployment of floating wind turbines in deep waters is encouraged by several benefits, including steadier winds, less visual impact, and flexible acoustic noise requirements. A thorough understanding of the physics underlying the dynamic response of the floating offshore wind turbines, as well as various design principles and analysis methods, is necessary to fully compete with traditional energy sources such as fossil fuels. The present work offers a comprehensive review of the most recent state-of-the-art developments in the offshore wind turbine technology, including aerodynamics, hydromechanics, mooring, ice, and inertial loads. The existing design concepts and numerical models used to simulate the complex wind turbine dynamics are also presented, and their capabilities and limitations are discussed in detail.

Keywords: wind energy; offshore wind turbine; numerical models; design concepts (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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