Novel Design For Floating Offshore Wind Approved By ABS

Wind Turbine

(ABERDEEN) ABS issued an approval in principle (AIP) to ECO TLP and MOCEAN-Offshore BV for its floating offshore wind turbine support structure.

The unique design from ECO TLP utilizes slip-formed cylindrical concrete hulls and gravity anchors, which, when combined with a tension-leg mooring system, has a smaller footprint than traditional structures using steel column-stabilized hulls.

Rendering of the ECO TLP floating offshore wind turbine support structure – courtesy of ECO TLP and MOcean...

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