Project Description
FLOATING OFFSHORE WIND
PROJECT: ISOBARA
- Development of floating solution for offshore wind industry
- Cost-effective solution oriented to mass production
- Offshore concrete structure
- Innovative concrete materials
- Material laboratory tests
- Nonlinear hydrodynamic phenomena
- Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
- Model tests at ocean basin
- LCOE analysis
PROJECT: e-PROA
Digital platform for the Operation and Maintenance of floating wind farms:
- Predictive AI-based digital twin that optimises wind farm O&M strategies
- Design of a new concept of eco-SOV vessel for wind farm maintenance:
- Conceptual design
- Basic engineering
- DP-2 software development
- Model test basin campaign
- ROV integration
PROJECT: PORTWIND
- Manufacturing strategy optimisation
- Digital Twin
- Port facilities analysis
- Logistic and manufacturing studies
- 3D Model and Data Base
- Mass production analysis
- Discrete-event simulation
- Supply chain investment
PROJECT: FLOATING WIND MARKET ASSESSMENT
CLIENT: ENZEN Spain/ InnoEnergy
- Global perspective of floating wind market demands
- Study of the Offshore Wind market potential in Spain and Portugal
- Screening of technologies and market capacities
- Local value chain assessment
- Support for reporting
PROJECT: Concept Independent Verification (CONFIDENTIAL)
Early-stage concept independent verification:
- Review of general documentation
- Creation of an analysis model based on a geometry developed by Client
- Stability verification
- Seakeeping & Station Keeping analyses
- Structural FEM verification in ANSYS software
- Weight estimation
- Analysis of the practical production aspects (Fabrication strategy; Transport methods & Installation)
PROJECT: PULVINUS
Motion Reduction system design:
- Perform ballast/de-ballast marine operations remotely and safely
- Anti-heeling control of WT while operating, thus improving the efficiency
The system has been certified for two (2) 10MW floaters, including:
- Safety philosophy and design principles
- Functional specification
- Block diagrams & Main SIL modules
- P&I and One-line diagrams
- FMECA (Failure Modes effects and Critically Analysis)
- SIL Trials
- AHBCS physical model tests
- LR AiP
PROJECT: CROWN
- Floating Concept development and verification
- Seakeeping analyses and mooring design for a North Sea location
- Structural design (primary and secondary members) and material selection
- Coupled analyses
- Constructability assessment
- Logistic and manufacturing studies
- CAPEX and OPEX
- Model tests specification and follow up
- DNV AiP
PROJECT: RDS Reduced Draft Spar Concept
- Floating platform designed for a 8MW turbine.
- Simple and robust geometry. Easy to scale
- Concrete SPAR concept designed with reduced draft
- Active Ballast System
- TRL 5 Achieved, validated through model test
- Cost effective: reduction in CAPEX and OPEX versus other solutions
- Minimize the Marine Operations (towing + hook up)
PROJECT: FLOCAN
- Study of feasibility verification and conceptual design of floating offshore wind foundations (semi-submersible/spar concept).
- Environmental load analysis.
- Transport and installation procedure, towing study.
- Design of model test technical specification
- Model test follow up
- DNV AiP
PROJECT: Eolia
Project focused on new floating wind turbine concepts for offshore sites in deep water (2007-2010)
- Design of 3 specific wind turbine concepts for offshore application:
- SPAR design
- TLP design
- SEMI design
- Transport, installation and mooring analysis
- Stability and seakeeping analysis
- Model test validation
- CAPEX assessment
PROJECT: Atempo
- Study of feasibility verification and conceptual design of:
- Semi-submersible
- Spar
- Environmental load analysis
- Transport and installation
- Towing study
- Design of model test technical specification
- Model test follow up
