The company’s Buildingand Classing Floating Offshore Wind Turbine Installations addresses tension-leg platform, semi-submersible and spar designs, as well as including specificguidelines for deployments in areas prone to cyclones.
The publicationalso covers station-keeping systems, along with onboard machinery, equipment andtechnology that are not part of the turbine rotor-nacelle assembly.
“What makesfloating offshore wind turbines unique is the strong interaction among the windturbine rotor, turbine control systems, floating hull structure andstation-keeping system,” says ABS managing principal engineer for offshoretechnology Qing Yu.
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