
Goals
- Substructure design for very large floating offshore wind turbines (10MW)
- Methodologies for design evaluation, including LCOE (Levelized Cost of Energy)
To realize these goals, we need:
- Multi-fidelity numerical tools in the context of qualifying and optimizing large substructures
- Experimental techniques specific to floating offshore wind turbines
- Concept industrialization, as an early focus in the design
- Uncertainty and risk assessment related to unprecedented large wind turbine substructures
Outcome:
- Mature floating substructure design synchronized with the expected time-to-market of 10MW offshore wind turbine technology
- Increased scientific and industrial knowledge on numerical and experimental design methodologies and procedures, also enabling more streamlined, KPI based developments
- Ultimately, a considerable LCOE reduction for large floating offshore wind farms