MARLIN Modular Floating Platform for OffShore Wind: Concept Assessment

点击翻译按钮获取中文摘要

Floating offshore wind in deep waters is a massive renewable energy resource ready to be tapped into toachieve carbon reduction targets. Prohibitive costs and advanced infrastructure requirement have limitedgrowth of this sector even in developed countries. In developing countries the resource has remained entirelyunexploited. Project MARLIN aims to test feasibility of a new cost-effective universal concept of modularconstruction of floating platforms for offshore wind. Using the concept of compact easily transportablemodules as building blocks, the MARLIN team will design, construct and test models and prototypes ofstructures that will be capable of supporting wind turbines in all weathers in most of the coastal regions of theworld. The modular floating platform technology will be developed for commercial exploitation and will formthe basis of a new UK-based business. Beyond contributing to carbon targets the outcomes of the project couldhave transformative economic effects on coastal communities across the world.