Floating offshore wind technology is an emerging option for generating power in deeper water further offshore than wind turbines fixed on the seafloor. While there are relatively few large-scale floating wind farms in operation, experts hope floating turbines could greatly expand the scope of offshore wind, generating power more efficiently where winds are stronger, and where turbines are less visible from land.
The 3rd Annual Floating Wind Europe is gearing up to provide attendees with seminal insights for successful operations within a digitally shifted green energy landscape. The forum will bring together leaders within the Wind and Offshore industries enabling accelerated adoption of floating wind technology globally and will offer the ideal space for networking with industry players; senior managers, decision-makers, and practitioners operating in the industries and making the most of floating wind technologies.
Our Project Engineer, Luke Eatough, is speaking at the event on the Environmental Impact of FOW.
Our Engineer for Floating Wind, Scott Davie, is speaking at the event on Innovation in Low Carbon Design and Manufacturability – FOW Mooring and Anchoring Systems
Day 1 – 04/04/23
12:05PM – 12:30PM – Environmental Impact of FOW
• The Floating Offshore Wind (FOW) Centre of Excellence (CoE) launched its Environmental Interactions Strategic Programme (EISP) in 2022.
• The principal aim of the EISP is to identify priority knowledge gaps concerning the environmental interactions of FOW technology, and to coordinate and deliver a programme of research activities to address these. In doing so, the FOW CoE aims to reduce the environmental and consenting risk associated with the development of commercial-scale FOW farms in the short-to-medium term.
• A FOW Environmental Interactions Roadmap was published at the launch of the EISP, defining the programme’s scope and key areas of focus.
• Under the EISP, the FOW CoE is now developing a portfolio of further activities including, but not limited to, initial projects focusing on underwater noise, fisheries interactions and colocation with other sea users.
– Luke Eatough – Project Engineer, Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult
Day 2 – 05/04/23
12:20PM – 12:45PM – Innovation in Low Carbon Design and Manufacturability – FOW Mooring and Anchoring Systems
• Using Life cycle analysis (LCA) to calculate the carbon emissions associated with FOW mooring and anchoring systems
• Key carbon emission drivers in the mooring system for 15MW FOW turbines at GW scale
• Opportunities for low carbon solutions using novel mooring and anchoring technologies
• Opportunities for local content
Register here