MARLIN Modular Floating Platform for OffShore Wind: Concept Assessment

漂浮在深水沃茨的海上风力是一种巨大的可再生能源资源，可以利用它来实现碳减排目标。即使在发达国家，高昂的成本和先进的基础设施要求也限制了这一部门的增长。在发展中国家，这种资源仍然完全没有得到开发。马林项目旨在测试海上风力浮动平台模块化建造的新的具有成本效益的通用概念的可行性。利用紧凑、易于运输的模块作为构建模块的概念，马林团队将设计、建造和测试能够在世界大多数沿海地区的各种天气中支撑风力涡轮机的结构模型和原型。模块化浮动平台技术将被开发用于商业开发，并将成为英国新业务的基础。除了为碳目标做出贡献外，该项目的成果还可能对世界各地的沿海社区产生变革性的经济影响。

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.