Floating Offshore Wind Energy The Next Generation of Wind Energy
This book provides a state-of-the-art review of floating offshore wind turbines (FOWT). It offers developers a global perspective on floating offshore wind energy conversion technology, documenting the key challenges and practical solutions that this new
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Joao Cruz Mairead Atcheson Editors
Floating Offshore Wind Energy The Next Generation of Wind Energy
Green Energy and Technology
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Joao Cruz Mairead Atcheson •
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Floating Offshore Wind Energy The Next Generation of Wind Energy
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Editors Joao Cruz Cruz Atcheson Consulting Engineers Lisbon Portugal
ISSN 1865-3529 Green Energy and Technology ISBN 978-3-319-29396-7 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-29398-1
Mairead Atcheson Cruz Atcheson Consulting Engineers Lisbon Portugal
ISSN 1865-3537
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ISBN 978-3-319-29398-1
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Preface
There has been a rapid evolution of floating wind turbines in recent years, with the technology progressing from an eccentric research topic to the verge of commercialisation in a relatively short period of time. The first full-scale prototypes have been tested at sea, with these projects being largely successful and assisting in the demonstration of the technology. Plans are currently in place to install the first pre-commercial floating offshore wind farms in the next few years, which should lead to a significant expansion of the sector. Demonstrating the economic feasibility of projects will follow. This book presents an overview of the current status and underlying design principles that apply to floating offshore wind energy technologies. Given the topics covered and the link between all of them, it can be considered one of the first textbooks in this field. It was compiled by a select group of authors, invited to contribute to the publication based on their experiences and expertise in floating offshore wind technologies or related disciplines. The publication
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