Technical Definition of the TetraSpar Demonstrator Floating Wind Turbine Foundation

Michael Borg, Morten Walkusch Jensen, Scott Urquhart, Morten Thøtt Andersen, Jonas Bjerg Thomsen and Henrik Stiesdal
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Michael Borg: Stiesdal Offshore Technologies A/S; Nørrevoldgade 45, 5000 Odense C, Denmark
Morten Walkusch Jensen: Stiesdal Offshore Technologies A/S; Nørrevoldgade 45, 5000 Odense C, Denmark
Scott Urquhart: Stiesdal Offshore Technologies A/S; Nørrevoldgade 45, 5000 Odense C, Denmark
Morten Thøtt Andersen: Department of the Built Environment, Aalborg University, Thomas Manns Vej 23, 9220 Aalborg Ø, Denmark
Jonas Bjerg Thomsen: Department of the Built Environment, Aalborg University, Thomas Manns Vej 23, 9220 Aalborg Ø, Denmark
Henrik Stiesdal: Stiesdal Offshore Technologies A/S; Nørrevoldgade 45, 5000 Odense C, Denmark

Energies, 2020, vol. 13, issue 18, 1-11

Abstract: With the deployment of the TetraSpar demonstrator, a significant cost-reduction is realized in the field of offshore floating wind turbines. The TetraSpar floating wind turbine foundation brings a milestone that emphasizes on a modular and fully industrialized foundation that consists of main components already widely available in the current wind energy supply chain. In an effort to provide an open approach to the development of the concept, this paper aims at giving a description of the design in order to enable an educated discussion of different design philosophies and their influence on material usage and production times. The description of the different subcomponents of the system should allow any entity to build a model for comparison and/or benchmarking any of their own findings against this concept. It is the authors’ expectation that this open approach to technological discussion is paramount to obtaining continued cost-reduction in the area of floating offshore wind—for this concept and others.

Keywords: TetraSpar; demonstrator; floating wind turbine; technical description; technology overview (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: 2020
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