Wind turbines on floating foundations have significant advantages over those rammed into sea floors.
Floating turbine platform ready to tap the 2 TW offshore potential
Foundations are a big part of land-based turbines and more so for those headed offshore. A solution to the tricky foundation problems is to omit them – let the turbines float. So far, only one turbine floats. It’s on a 100-m spar in Norwegian waters. Principle Power (principlepowerinc.com) has another idea in its WindFloat, a…
New platform lets turbines float offshore
A new floating platform would allow wind turbines to float offshore without water-depth restrictions.