[HTML][HTML] Offshore renewable energies: A review towards Floating Modular Energy Islands—Monitoring, Loads, Modelling and Control

E Marino, M Gkantou, A Malekjafarian, S Bali… - Ocean engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Floating Modular Energy Islands (FMEIs) are modularized, interconnected floating
structures that function together to produce, store, possibly convert and transport renewable …

Site-specific optimizations of a 10 MW floating offshore wind turbine for the Mediterranean Sea

G Ferri, E Marino - Renewable Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
In this paper, a site-specific optimization procedure aimed at finding the optimal
substructures of a 10 MW Floating Offshore Wind Turbine (FOWT) is presented. An in-house …

Study on the mooring systems attaching clump weights and heavy chains for improving the typhoon resistance of floating offshore wind turbines

J Li, H Zuo, J Zuo, Y Jiang, S Liu - Ocean Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
The southeastern coastal region of China is the most favorable area for offshore wind
resources in the country, but typhoon impacts constrain the development of floating wind …

Parametric study of the effects of clump weights on the performance of a novel wind-wave hybrid system

Z Zhang, Y Bu, H Wu, L Wu, L Cui - Renewable Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper presents a novel catenary mooring system incorporating multiple clump weights
(CWs) designed for a SPIC-Wavestar wind-wave energy hybrid system. To enhance the …

Dynamic analysis of three alternative mooring systems for a semi-submersible wind turbine in intermediate water depth

Q Cao, Z Cheng, L ** a surrogate model-assisted evolutionary framework
Y An, Z **a, M Luo, J Zhang, R Zhu - Applied Ocean Research, 2025 - Elsevier
In the design and optimization of Floating Wind Turbines (FWTs), there are challenges
related to the large number of design parameters and the need for efficient and accurate …

Efficient response analysis of the cable of offshore wind turbine at static state: Hybrid of perturbation method and grey wolf optimization

L Cao, M Dai, X Zhou, G Huang, YF Chen, R Zhu - Ocean Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
The mooring cable system is an important component of the offshore floating wind turbine.
The mooring system mainly consists of several cables to be used to connect the floating …

[HTML][HTML] Multi-Objective Optimization Design of a Mooring System Based on the Surrogate Model

X Ye, P Zheng, D Qiao, X Zhao, Y Zhou… - Journal of Marine Science …, 2024 - mdpi.com
As the development of floating offshore wind turbines (FOWTs) progresses from offshore to
deeper sea, the demands on mooring systems to ensure the safety of the structure have …

Experimental and numerical study of the influence of clumped weights on a scaled mooring line

T Lopez-Olocco, LM González-Gutiérrez… - Journal of Marine …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Recently, several experimental and numerical studies have underlined the advantages of
adding clumped weights at discrete positions of mooring lines. To confirm the influence of …

Validation of a Mooring System With Clump Weights for a Spar Floating Wind Turbine Model Using OpenFAST

T Lopez-Olocco… - International …, 2024 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
This research focuses on analyzing three different mooring systems for a FWT mounted on a
spar-buoy platform. Building on an initial realistic two-segment catenary mooring system, we …