Dutch marine engineers GustoMSC’s Tri-Floater floating wind concept has been given DNV’s stamp of approval as “bankable”, moving the modular triangular platform a key step closer to market.
The ‘concept verification and technical and commercial assessment’ of the semisubmersible design, which has been devised for 15MW-plus nameplate turbines, ranged over an “evaluation of [the Tri-Floater] with regards to fabrication, transport, installation and operation phases”, said pair said in a statement.
