Review of integrated installation technologies for offshore wind turbines: Current progress and future development trends

Y Guo, H Wang, J Lian - Energy Conversion and Management, 2022‏ - Elsevier
As one of the fastest-growing renewable energy sources, wind power is promoting the
global primary energy structure to accelerate towards the direction of cleanliness and low …

Floating offshore wind turbine aerodynamics: Trends and future challenges

D Micallef, A Rezaeiha - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Offshore wind turbines present novel challenges to the field of rotor aerodynamics because
of complex behaviours associated with six degrees of freedom motions of the platform. The …

[HTML][HTML] Floating offshore wind farm installation, challenges and opportunities: A comprehensive survey

S Hong, J McMorland, H Zhang, M Collu, KH Halse - Ocean Engineering, 2024‏ - Elsevier
The deployment of floating offshore wind farms marks a pivotal step in unlocking the vast
potential of offshore wind energy and propelling the world towards sustainable energy …

Review of scaling laws applied to floating offshore wind turbines

NY Sergiienko, LSP Da Silva… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
The wind energy industry is moving to offshore installations allowing for larger wind turbines
to be deployed in deep-water regions with higher and steadier wind speeds. Floating …

[HTML][HTML] Methodology for global structural load effect analysis of the semi-submersible hull of floating wind turbines under still water, wind, and wave loads

S Wang, T Moan, Z Gao - Marine Structures, 2023‏ - Elsevier
In designing the support structures of floating wind turbines (FWTs), a key challenge is to
determine the load effects (at the cross-sectional load and stress level). This is because …

Dynamic analysis of a novel semi-submersible platform for a 10 MW wind turbine in intermediate water depth

Z Zhao, W Shi, W Wang, S Qi, X Li - Ocean Engineering, 2021‏ - Elsevier
A conceptual semi-submersible platform in the moderate water depth is proposed through
fully coupled analysis using aeeo-hydro-servo-elastic code to support the Technical …

[HTML][HTML] Influence of variability and uncertainty of wind and waves on fatigue damage of a floating wind turbine drivetrain

S Wang, T Moan, Z Jiang - Renewable Energy, 2022‏ - Elsevier
This study investigates the effect of variability and uncertainty of wind and wave conditions
on the short-term fatigue damage of a 10-MW floating wind turbine drivetrain. Global …

Insights from detailed numerical investigation of 15 MW offshore semi-submersible wind turbine using aero-hydro-servo-elastic code

R Niranjan, SB Ramisetti - Ocean Engineering, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Offshore wind turbines are getting larger in terms of dimensions to maximize power
generation. Large wind turbine offshore structures can be installed in deep water locations …

[HTML][HTML] The 3 km Norwegian reanalysis (NORA3)–a validation of offshore wind resources in the North Sea and the Norwegian Sea

IM Solbrekke, A Sorteberg… - Wind Energy …, 2021‏ - wes.copernicus.org
We validate a new high-resolution (3 km) numerical mesoscale weather simulation for
offshore wind power purposes for the time period 2004–2016 for the North Sea and the …

An efficient frequency-domain model for quick load analysis of floating offshore wind turbines

A Pegalajar-Jurado, M Borg… - Wind Energy …, 2018‏ - wes.copernicus.org
A model for Quick Load Analysis of Floating wind turbines (QuLAF) is presented and
validated here. The model is a linear, frequency-domain, efficient tool with four planar …