The floating-axis wind turbine (FAWT) is based around an egg-beater-like quasi-helicoidal-bladed rotor and a cylindrical buoyancy module that rotate together with the turbine’s tower, inclining up to 30 degrees with the wind.
The FAWT — in appearance similar to conventional spar-type designs for “upright” vertical-axis turbines — uniquely features swivel roller bearings set about the semi-submerged float that would be turned by the blade-and-tower structure to drive multiple roller-generators to produce energy.
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