mooring Archives

Collage of four animated gifs showing testing of a model floating wind turbine.

#Energy #Ocean Offshore wind Renewable energy

First hydrodynamic tests of a 3×3 floating wind park with shared mooring

The cost and footprint of our future floating wind parks must come down, and being able to share mooring lines and anchors could…

Graphic depiction of offshore wind mooring system.

Offshore wind Offshore wind energy

Faster simulations of floating wind turbines with shared mooring

Floating offshore wind (FOW) is pivotal in Europe’s energy ambitions. Nevertheless, there is a pressing need to decrease costs. A significant material and…

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Numerical modelling with the Ocean Farm 1 structure

With a continuously growing aquaculture industry and increasingly limited fish-farming sites at close-to-shore areas both in Norway and worldwide, the need to develop…