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Outcomes of the DeepWind conceptual design

Abstract

DeepWind has been presented as a novel floating offshore wind turbine concept with cost reduction potentials. Twelve international partners developed a Darrieus type floating turbine with new materials and technologies for deep-sea offshore environment. This paper summarizes results of the 5 MW DeepWind conceptual design. The concept was evaluated at the Hywind test site, described on its few components, in particular on the modified Troposkien blade shape and airfoil design. The feasibility of upscaling from 5 MW to 20 MW is discussed, taking into account the results from testing the Deepwind floating 1 kW demonstrator. The 5 MW simulation results, loading and performance are compared to the OC3-NREL 5 MW wind turbine. Finally the paper elaborates the conceptual design on cost modelling.
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Category

Academic article

Language

English

Author(s)

Affiliation

  • SINTEF Energy Research / Energisystemer
  • SINTEF Ocean / Energi og transport
  • Denmark
  • Technical University of Denmark
  • France
  • Netherlands

Date

02.12.2015

Year

2015

Published in

Energy Procedia

Volume

80

Page(s)

329 - 341

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