gfloating wind turbines These are more a hope for the future than a reality of the present. It’s a technology that faces several technical challenges, but a Norwegian company is developing a completely new system that could make it easier. Why not floating wind turbines? swing freely on the sea like an ear moved by the wind In the field or on a sailboat?
This new design of the floating wind turbine was designed by Oslo-based Norwegian company World Wide Wind (WWW) and was recently received. Green light to test at Vats in southwestern Norway.
“Offshore floating wind is on the verge of making a significant contribution to renewable energy production, but we need to develop energy solutions to truly unlock its potential. Sustainable and cost-effective floating wind turbines don’t just move land-based turbines to the sea. Our turbines are specifically designed for floating operations,” explained WWW CEO Bjorn Simonsen.
The turbine prototype is 19 meters high and has two sets of three-point blades. the entire mast moves freely around a vertical axis, We rotate a generator located at the base of the structure underwater. This underwater turbine and ballast are fixed to the seabed using cables. The entire structure is built so that it can tilt like a sailboat and sway with the action of the waves.
For deep seas
The idea is that floating wind turbines can generate electricity in waters whose depth would make fixed-bottom turbines uninhabitable. It is estimated that 80 percent of offshore wind potential is located in the deep seaWhere it would be difficult to construct and maintain a turbine firmly anchored to the seabed.
Currently, there are several floating wind turbine fields in operation, but some obstacles still prevent them from reaching their full potential.
WWW believes that its model can solve these problems because offers very low weight and a simplified supply chain. They argue that the new design has the added advantage of significantly reducing the levelised cost of energy (LCOE) of wind energy, as well as having less impact on wildlife.
“We think this could be the ‘Tesla moment’ for floating wind,” WWW founder Stian Valentin Knutsen told Recharge.
“There have been so many headaches regarding floating wind in the last 10 years and there is still no solution.” [para comercializarla] We believe that the current path will not solve this problem. Bringing technology to a competitive and levelized cost of energy“he continued.
The prototype is a 30 kW turbine, but the company hopes to start testing larger, more powerful models in the coming years. The 1.2 MW pilot is planned to be tested in early 2025Their goal is to put a 24 MW commercial turbine into operation before 2030. Over time, they hope to expand the design to over 40 MW.
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