Resumen de: US2025109734A1
A floating offshore wind turbine assembly unit useful for assembling or maintaining wind turbines at an offshore location is disclosed. The floating offshore wind turbine assembly unit may include a first vessel spaced a distance apart from a second vessel, and an extended deck coupled to the first vessel and the second vessel. The extended deck is positioned in the distance between the first vessel and the second vessel, and the extended deck is configured as a dry dock disposed or movable to a height above a sea level. In some embodiments, the extended deck or a portion thereof is movably coupled to the first vessel and the second vessel. For example, the extended deck or a portion thereof is movable between a submerged or near sea level position and a position above a sea level.
Resumen de: WO2025072519A1
Systems and methods for assembling, launching, retrieving, and maintaining floating wind foundations including tower, nacelle, and blades with two-way operability are disclosed. The systems include a dock having a lift platform and a first plurality of chain jacks configured to lift and lower the lift platform. The lift platform has a width and length with a span sufficient to receive, lower, and lift a floating wind foundation. The lift platform includes an upper deck and a plurality of box truss girders supporting the upper deck. The box truss girders extend across the span of the width of the lift platform and are of sufficient strength to support a floating wind foundation.
Resumen de: WO2025068659A1
The invention relates to a method for the active and individualised ballasting of a semi-submersible float (2) for an offshore wind turbine, the float comprising at least four columns, including a central column (4) and three outer columns (6), which are connected to the central column by lower arms forming pontoons (8), wherein the method comprises, for each pontoon, the individualised and controlled displacement of a ballast fluid between at least two separate sealed compartments (14, 16) located inside an assembly formed by the pontoon and the associated outer column, so as to modify the inclination of the float. The invention also relates to a semi-submersible float for an offshore wind turbine with active and individualised ballasting.
Resumen de: WO2025061959A1
The invention describes a floating support structure (1) for supporting an off shore wind turbine comprising a first, second and third main section (10a, 10b, 10c) each comprising a horizontal part and a vertical part (12a, b, c) directly or indirectly connected to the radial end of the horizontal part and the central ends of the horizontal parts (11a, b, c) are joined in a central region thus creating a coupling space (7) underneath the horizontal parts and between the vertical parts. The floating support structure further comprises a transition piece (15) comprising a connecting flange (16) for connecting a coupling end of the wind turbine tower (101) to the support structure. The transition piece further comprises a reinforcement body (17) welded onto the first, second and third horizontal parts.
Resumen de: WO2025062676A1
A floating platform (2) comprises: a floating body (3) that is configured to support a tower (1) and that is disposed on the water by tension mooring; an anchor container body (4) provided with a plurality of containers (17); and a plurality of tethers (5) that connect the floating body (3) and the anchor container body (4). Each of the plurality of containers (17) is fixed to at least one of the plurality of tethers (5) and is installed on the seabed. Each of the plurality of containers (17) is provided with a bottom, a container outer wall provided to surround the outer periphery of the bottom, and a container inner wall provided to face the container outer wall. A storage space is formed by the bottom, the container outer wall, and the container inner wall. A heavy object including at least one of soil, sand, gravel, crushed stone, and concrete pieces is stored in the storage space.
Resumen de: US2025100652A1
Disclosed is a novel type of computing apparatus which is integrated within a buoy that obtains the energy required to power its computing operations from waves that travel across the surface of the body of water on which the buoy floats. Additionally, these self-powered computing buoys utilize their close proximity to a body of water in order to significantly lower the cost and complexity of cooling their computing circuits. Computing tasks of an arbitrary nature are supported, as is the incorporation and/or utilization of computing circuits specialized for the execution of specific types of computing tasks. And, each buoy's receipt of a computational task, and its return of a computational result, may be accomplished through the transmission of data across satellite links, fiber optic cables, LAN cables, radio, modulated light, microwaves, and/or any other channel, link, connection, and/or network.
Resumen de: US2025100416A1
There is disclosed an exchangeable marine energy storage system including a mobile battery configured to be used as a power source of the operating ship after replaced with a mounted battery mounted on an operating ship; a mobile charging ship configured to move in a state of loading the mobile battery; and a charging station configured to float on the sea together with the mobile charging ship and charge the mobile battery loaded on the mobile charging ship by using generated electricity.
Resumen de: AU2025201360A1
Abstract An energy-harvesting compute grid includes computing assemblies that cooperate with mobile energy harvesters configured to be deployed on a body of water. The plurality of energy harvesters are positioned on and move adjacent to an upper surface of a body of water, and the locations of the energy harvesters can be monitored and controlled. The widespread gathering by the harvesters of environmental data within that geospatial area permits the forecasting of environmental factors, the discovery of advantageous energy-harvesting opportunities, the observation and tracking of hazardous objects and conditions, the efficient distribution of data and/or tasks to and between the harvesters included in the compute grid, the efficient execution of logistical operations to support, upgrade, maintain, and repair the cluster, and the opportunity to execute data-gathering across an area much larger than that afforded by an individual harvester (e.g., radio astronomy, 3 D tracking of and recording of the communication patterns of marine mammals, etc.). The computational tasks can be shared and distributed among a compute grid implemented in part by a collection of individual floating self-propelled energy harvesters thereby providing many benefits related to cost and efficiency that are unavailable to relatively isolated energy harvesters, and likewise unavailable to terrestrial compute grids of the prior art.
Resumen de: AU2023348377A1
The present invention relates to a foundation device for an offshore wind turbine tower. The device comprises a first body (1), a support body (3) attached to the first body (1), a second body (2) and a plurality of legs (4) attached to the second body (2). The support body (3) has a cylindrical interior and is configured to provide support for and connection of a wind turbine tower (10). The first body (1) comprises a central portion (5) connected to the support body (3) and a plurality of hollow arms (6), connected with the central portion (5). Each hollow arm (6) comprises a through-hole (7) configured to allow a leg (4) to pass through the through-hole. The first body (1) has a volume and a weight configured to provide, when empty, a buoyancy of at least 20% of the weight of the entire device, the weight of the first body (1) being less than 8% of the weight of the entire device. The legs (4) and/or the first body (1) have a locking system configured to lock the relative position between the legs and the first body.
Resumen de: WO2023222414A1
The present invention relates to an offshore wind farm (1) comprising at least three floating structures (3) designed to receive a wind turbine (4), each floating structure (3) comprising at least three mooring lines (5', 5''), each mooring line (5', 5'') being attached to a mooring point (51, 52, 53) arranged around said floating structure (3), the mooring lines facing inward from the offshore wind farm (1) forming the inner mooring lines (5') of the offshore wind farm (1) and the mooring lines facing outward from the offshore wind farm (1) forming the peripheral mooring lines (5'') of the offshore wind farm (1), wherein the peripheral mooring line (5'') comprise: - a first segment (22) able to be attached to the floating structures (3), - at least one intermediate segment (26) formed of an elastomeric material attached to the first segment (22) and the second segment (24).
Resumen de: WO2023222413A1
The present invention relates to an offshore wind farm (1) comprising at least four floating structures (3) designed to receive a wind turbine (4), each floating structure (3) comprising at least three mooring lines (5', 5''), each mooring line (5', 5'') being attached to a mooring point (51, 52, 53) arranged around said floating structure (3), the mooring lines facing inward from the offshore wind farm (1) forming the inner mooring lines (5') of the offshore wind farm (1) and the mooring lines facing outward from the offshore wind farm (1) forming the peripheral mooring lines (5'') of the offshore wind farm (1), wherein two adjacent floating structures (3) have at least one of their peripheral mooring lines (5'') crossing each other, at least one of these peripheral mooring lines comprising a buoyancy element.
Resumen de: EP4527731A2
An offshore electricity production assembly (10) comprising a floating platform (12), a wind turbine (16) fixed to the floating platform, and inclined mooring tendons (18A, 18B, 18C), the floating platform comprising:- a tubular central buoyant column (26) extending along a longitudinal axis intended to be vertical, the column having an immersed portion (30) defining a first average external diameter (D1), and- a plurality of tubular radial buoyant pontoons (28A; 28B, 28C) protruding from the column along radial axes (R1, R2, R3) spaced around the longitudinal axis, each of the pontoons defining a second average external diameter (D2), the pontoons being immersed in a body of water (14).The first average external diameter is larger than the second average external diameter.
Resumen de: CN222666712U
The utility model relates to the technical field of wind power foundations, in particular to a protective device of an offshore wind power foundation. Comprising a supporting table, and further comprises a plurality of stand columns fixedly connected to the bottom of the supporting table; and the driving assembly is arranged outside the multiple stand columns and used for driving the marine organisms, so that the marine organisms are prevented from damaging the wind power foundation which is being built. According to the wind power foundation, marine organisms can be effectively repelled through the arranged repelling assembly, so that the wind power foundation is prevented from being damaged by the marine organisms, the construction effect and efficiency of the wind power foundation are prevented from being affected, floating objects on the sea can be effectively intercepted and pushed through the arranged pushing assembly, and the construction efficiency of the wind power foundation is improved. Therefore, the wind power foundation is prevented from being collided by floating objects on the sea, the service life of the wind power foundation is not affected, the wind power foundation can be effectively protected, and the service life of the wind power foundation can be effectively prolonged.
Resumen de: CN222665231U
The utility model provides an offshore wind generating set hoisting system, the offshore wind generating set comprises a tower, the offshore wind generating set hoisting system comprises a hoisting tool, the hoisting tool comprises a hoisting tool support, a hoisting winch and a hoisting twisted rope, the hoisting winch is used for providing hoisting power, and the hoisting winch is used for providing hoisting power; the output end of the hoisting winch is connected with a hoisting winch cylinder, the hoisting winch cylinder is wound with the hoisting twisted rope, a hoisting point is arranged at the top of the tower, and the free end of the hoisting twisted rope can bypass the hoisting point and is connected to the hoisting tool support. According to the lifting tool support, the lifting tool support can rise to the top of the tower from a floating crane ship or fall to the floating crane ship from the top of the tower, in the lifting process of the lifting tool and the lifting process of unit components, an installation ship does not need to be occupied, and therefore the cost for renting the installation ship is saved, and the assembling cost of the wind generating set is reduced.
Resumen de: WO2025061959A1
The invention describes a floating support structure (1) for supporting an off shore wind turbine comprising a first, second and third main section (10a, 10b, 10c) each comprising a horizontal part and a vertical part (12a, b, c) directly or indirectly connected to the radial end of the horizontal part and the central ends of the horizontal parts (11a, b, c) are joined in a central region thus creating a coupling space (7) underneath the horizontal parts and between the vertical parts. The floating support structure further comprises a transition piece (15) comprising a connecting flange (16) for connecting a coupling end of the wind turbine tower (101) to the support structure. The transition piece further comprises a reinforcement body (17) welded onto the first, second and third horizontal parts.
Resumen de: US2025091698A1
A method and apparatus for assembling floating offshore wind vessels is described. The method manufactures the floating offshore wind vessels at an intermediate offshore location. Sub-components of the floating offshore wind vessels are transported to a first offshore location before being assembled into a completed offshore wind vessel. The completed offshore wind vessel is transported to a second offshore location which is part of a wind field. The sub-components are assembled on a semi-submersible vessel, such as a floating dry dock.
Resumen de: US2025091697A1
A semisubmersible offshore support structure for a wind turbine carries an adjustable-ballast reservoir above sea level fillable with water for providing extra load on a part of the support structure. By adjusting the water volume in the adjustable-ballast reservoirs, the wind turbine can be maintained in vertical orientation despite wind pressure. A drain is provided for draining water from the reservoir into the sea by gravity only for emptying the reservoir passively in case of power failure.
Resumen de: US2025092852A1
A generator and a related method are disclosed. The generator includes at least one rotor, at least one bridging element arranged to rotate about a rotation axis (X) of the rotor, an inductance unit holder, the inductance unit holder including at least one inductance unit, the inductance unit including at least one inductance coil, and a core, the at least one bridging element arranged to induce an alternating and pulsed voltage to the at least one inductance coil, the generator including at least one flow channel unit arranged to convey a fluid flow to the rotor. The rotor is arranged to rotate relative to the flow channel unit in a floating bearing manner, with a rotation frequency.
Resumen de: US2025092857A1
A semi-submersible wind turbine platform is configured for floating in a body of water and supporting a wind turbine, and includes a center column, at least three tubular bottom beams extending radially outward of a first axial end of the center column, the center column configured to have a tower attached to a second axial end thereof, outer columns, wherein a first axial end of each outer column attached to a distal end of one of the bottom beams, and top beams, one of which extends between a second axial end of each outer column and the second axial end of the center column.
Resumen de: WO2025058260A1
An apparatus integrated with floating offshore wind power for producing offshore green hydrogen, according to one embodiment, comprises: an offshore wind power generator; a hydrogen production system for producing hydrogen by using seawater; a control unit for controlling at least one portion of the hydrogen production system; and a power source unit for supplying power to at least one portion of the hydrogen production system or the control unit.
Resumen de: AU2023345711A1
The invention relates to a floating support structure (2-1) for an offshore wind turbine, the structure comprising a lower connector (4) centered on an axis (X-X) of a tower (9) of the wind turbine and comprising at least three lower receptacles (10) which are regularly distributed around the axis of the tower of the wind turbine, an upper connector (6) centered on the axis of the tower of the wind turbine and comprising, in an upper portion, means (14) for accommodating a wind turbine tower and, in a lower portion, at least three upper receptacles (12) which are regularly distributed around the axis of the tower of the wind turbine, and at least three identical tubular central columns (8) which are fitted by a lower end into one of the receptacles of the lower connector and by an opposite, upper end into one of the receptacles of the upper connector so as to form a floating support pylon in the vertical extension of the tower of the wind turbine. The invention also relates to a method for assembling such a structure.
Resumen de: CN119173439A
Described herein is an offshore floating platform comprising: a plurality of wind generators comprising: a wind tower having a longitudinal extension and provided with a first end and a second end; the blade type wind driven generator is located at the first end; an engagement base at the second end; a connecting part connecting the two wind generators and comprising at least one connecting element; wherein each engagement base engages with the connecting element such that each wind tower can be moved independently in a direction substantially parallel to the longitudinal development axis of the wind tower.
Resumen de: AU2023270109A1
A floating wind turbine installation comprises an asymmetric floating wind turbine structure that is tethered to the floor of a body of water by a mooring system. The floating wind turbine structure comprises a wind turbine mounted on a semi- submersible floating platform, and is oriented such that the wind turbine is positioned on an upwind side of the centre of mass of the floating wind turbine structure when the wind approaches the wind turbine structure in the direction of the prevailing wind at the location of the wind turbine installation.
Resumen de: EP4524394A1
The present application provides a wind turbine foundation, a wind generating set, and a control method. The wind turbine foundation comprises a support assembly and a vibration suppression system; the support assembly comprises a main floating body, a plurality of sub floating bodies distributed at intervals, and connecting bodies; each sub floating body is connected to the main floating body by the corresponding connecting body, and the main floating body is connected to a tower; the vibration suppression system comprises vibration suppression devices, a first collector, and a controller; the vibration suppression devices are connected to at least two sub floating bodies among the plurality of sub floating bodies; the vibration suppression device comprises a base, a mounting frame, a rotating disc, and a driving component; and the controller controls, according to a floating body vibration acceleration, the driving component of each vibration suppression device to drive the rotating disc to rotate to a predetermined rotational speed. The wind turbine foundation has a vibration suppression function, high response speed and good vibration suppression effect.
Nº publicación: EP4522499A1 19/03/2025
Solicitante:
SINN POWER GMBH [DE]
Sinn Power GmbH
Resumen de: WO2023217849A1
The invention relates to a buoyancy body (1) for supporting a floatable structure (50) in a floating manner, wherein the buoyancy body (1) is substantially designed in the shape of a cylinder or a regular prism and has a cover surface (4) substantially perpendicularly to an axis of symmetry (3) of the buoyancy body, said cover surface being equipped with depressions (21) in order to receive a node point (6) of a substantially flat framework-like base structure (2) in a form-fitting manner. Fixing elements (9) fix the base structure (2) in the direction of the axis of symmetry (3) so that the buoyancy body (1) can be secured in all 6 (six) degrees of freedom at a node point (6). By clamping an additional base structure (2) on the base surface of the buoyancy body (1) to the first base structure, a floatable module (60) can be produced which can be used as a basic component for flat and tower-type structures.