Trends, Challenges, and Future Perspectives for Floating Offshore Wind Turbine Development

Offshore wind turbines are getting bigger every year, a trend that already helps offshore wind reduce costs all over the world. Whilst recent research suggests that costs will continue to dip as wind turbines get bigger and are deployed further offshore, the challenges to the design of the floating platform that supports the wind turbine increase.

You and your team are invited to this industry-university collaborative webinar that aims to facilitate the community’s awareness and understanding of the general trends, challenges, and future perspectives for floating offshore wind turbine development. The webinar will present:

· An overview of the history of floating wind turbines and current design developments in Europe, and recent R&D work that tackles the design and optimisation challenges for 10MW to 25MW floating wind turbines.

· A review and analysis of scaling laws applied to the design of floating wind turbines.

· An overview of the global floating wind market perspectives and key challenges for the industry based on Saitec Offshore’s experience.

Speakers

Dr Erin Bachynski-Polić, Professor at Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Erin will provide an overview of the history of floating wind turbines and current design developments in Europe as well as the design and optimisation of 10MW to 25MW floating wind turbines.

Dr Nataliia Sergiienko, Lecturer at the University of Adelaide
Nataliia will provide a review and analysis of scaling laws applied to the design of floating wind turbines.

David Carrascosa, Director of Operations, Saitec Offshore
David will provide an overview of the global floating wind market perspectives and key challenges for the industry based on Saitec Offshore’s experience.

Q&A will follow