To support the growing floating offshore wind industry, the need for developing reliable mooring and anchoring technologies with a secure supply chain is critical.
Mooring and anchoring (M&A) components have been used in the oil and gas sector for many years, however floating wind brings new challenges. It is recognised that many of the components, sub-systems and systems utilised in mooring and anchoring (M&A) of floating offshore wind turbines (FOWTs) will not be novel in themselves, but the application area and operating conditions are new – mooring spread designs, water depths, metocean conditions, and floater motions will all be different in floating wind in comparison to oil and gas.
Introducing novelty into an M&A system may introduce uncertainties regarding short and long term performance of the complete FOWT system and this requires careful consideration to ensure robust and reliable products and project development.
