STARFLOAT - multifloat-spar for enabling the economic exploitation of deep water wind

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Floating foundations for offshore wind turbines will allow wind farms to be built further offshore in the deeperwater that exists around the Atlantic Margins of the UK, Europe and southern Africa. For this market to berealised innovative floating foundation solutions are required to arrive at costs of energy that are competitiveor can better the economics of nearshore wind farms that employ fixed foundations. The Starfloat solutionproposed by Oceanflow Energy involves a novel multifloat-spar structure employing an innovative cost cuttingbuild, assembly and deployment process to allow the economic exploitation of deeper water wind farm sites. Inmany parts of the world and particularly off the south west coast of Africa scarcity of fresh water is a threat tothe existence of communities and an obstacle to their economic development. Placing reverse osmosis freshwater generating plant offshore powered by electricity from wind energy could displace expensive diesel drivenRO plant. This feasibility study is to demonstrate the viability of the platform technology for economicelectricity production and fresh water generation depending upon the needs of the community.