Resumen de: WO2026145157A1
A floating wind turbine foundation (100) and a wind turbine generator. The floating wind turbine foundation (100) comprises a floating main body (1) and a bending-moment compensation device (2). The floating main body (1) comprises a first upright column (11) and a plurality of floating body assemblies (12). The first upright column (11) comprises a first end and a second end arranged in an axial direction. The first end is used for supporting a wind turbine main body (200). The plurality of floating body assemblies (12) are arranged at intervals around the first upright column (11), and each floating body assembly (12) is connected to the first upright column (11). The bending-moment compensation device (2) is arranged on the floating main body (1). The bending-moment compensation device (2) comprises a counter-support assembly (21), traction members (22), and a driving mechanism (23). The counter-support assembly (21) is connected to the first upright column (11) and is provided with an execution end. Each traction member (22) is connected between a floating body assembly (12) and the execution end. The driving mechanism (23) drives the execution end to move toward the second end of the first upright column (11) and to at least partially protrude beyond bottom surfaces of the floating body assemblies (12) in the axial direction, so as to tension the floating body assemblies (12) via the traction members (22). The wind turbine generator comprises the wind turbine main body (
Resumen de: US20260192894A1
0000 Methods and systems are provided for nautical stationkeeping of free-floating objects. In one example, a method includes adjusting translational motion of a body freely floating in water by rotating the body. The translational motion may be adjusted, for instance, to maintain the body within a geographic area. In certain examples, the adjustment of the translational motion may be realized via a Magnus effect induced by rotating the body. The body may be configured as, for example, a free-floating object such as a wave engine.
Resumen de: US20260192890A1
0000 A method of monitoring a mooring system (10) of a floating offshore installation, FOI, (100) that is moored by the mooring system (10) is provided. The method comprises obtaining parameters related to a position of the FOI, wherein the parameters include at least mooring system parameters that are indicative of a region (15) within which a position of the FOI is expected to lie. The method further includes obtaining position measurements of an actual position (11) of the FOI, and deriving, from the obtained parameters and from the position measurements of the FOI, a state of the mooring system (10) of the FOI.
Resumen de: US20260192889A1
A shared floating wind turbine foundation array with angle-adjustable elastic moorings is formed by connecting floating wind turbine foundations. Each floating wind turbine foundation includes a wind turbine tower, upper pontoons, a truss framework, lower mooring drums, a lower wind turbine hollow pile, a fixed static mooring line and a shared anchor; the lower wind turbine hollow pile includes a lifting plate, a hydraulic rod and a hydraulic device, the elastic chamber is internally provided with a pressure plate and an elastic device; and a first electric winch and a second electric winch are arranged in the winch chamber, and the first electric winch and the second electric winch drive the rotation of the adjacent lower wind turbine hollow piles by adjusting a length difference between the first power mooring line and the second power mooring line, thereby changing an angle of the adjacent wind turbine towers.
Resumen de: EP4549728A1
A method of operating a floating wind turbine (FWT) is provided. The floating wind turbine (100) comprises a nacelle (105) and a rotor (101) mounted to the nacelle (105), wherein the floating wind turbine (100) is exposed to waves during operation, the waves causing a wave induced motion of the floating wind turbine (100). The floating wind turbine (100) is configured to operate a protective function (30). The method comprises obtaining wave information (17) indicative of the waves to which the floating wind turbine (100) is exposed and modifying the operation of the protective function (30) using the obtained wave information (17) to reduce an influence of the wave induced motion of the floating wind turbine (100) on the protective function (30).
Resumen de: WO2025073873A1
A connecting system (100) for connecting a weathervaning floating offshore support structure (200) of a wind turbine (201) to a pre-laid mooring system (300), the connecting system (100) comprising: - a turret element (1) comprising: a base (2) for being solidly connected to the pre-laid mooring system (300); a support element (3) comprising a switchgear (31) connectable to one or more submarine cables (400) and connectable to receive a power generated by the wind turbine (201); a columnar body (4) extending from the base (2) to the support element (3), and comprising an inner passage (41); and a bearing system (5) configured to rotatably connect the turret element (1) to the weathervaning floating offshore support structure (200); and - a slip-ring connector (6) comprising a first connecting part (61) for receiving the power generated by the wind turbine (201), and a second connecting part (62) cable-connectable to the switchgear (31).
Resumen de: CN224460880U
The self-adjusting type mariculture platform comprises installation frames and a culture box arranged between the installation frames, wind power generation heads are arranged at the tops of the installation frames, automatic gravity center adjusting structures are arranged at the bottoms of the installation frames, and the bottoms of the automatic gravity center adjusting structures are fixed to the seabed through connecting chains and seabed anchoring parts. The gravity center automatic adjusting structure comprises a supporting rod and an installing base internally provided with a containing cavity, a rectangular adjusting base is arranged in the containing cavity, an X-axis sliding rail is arranged in the X-axis direction of the adjusting base, and a supporting base is arranged on the X-axis sliding rail. By improving the mounting seat at the bottom of the wind power generation head and utilizing the gravity center adjusting mechanism at the lower part of the mounting seat, when the wind power generation head encounters the acting force of sea wind, the weight body is driven to slide in the inclined reverse direction through the sliding of the Y-axis sliding rail and the X-axis sliding rail on the adjusting seat and the supporting seat, and the posture is quickly recovered through inertia; therefore, the purpose of adjusting the stability is achieved, and the problem of excessive fish escape caused by large floating of the net cage under sea wave fluctuation is avoided.
Resumen de: CN224448108U
A floating type tension leg fan platform foundation belongs to the field of offshore wind power and comprises a central buoy, side buoys, cross braces, tension tendons and auxiliary buoys. Wherein the cross brace is used for connecting the two side buoys; the tension tendons are arranged at the lower ends of the side buoys; the auxiliary buoy is formed into a cylinder provided with a first through hole in the axial direction, and the space between the hole wall curved surface of the first through hole and the outer side face of the cylinder is a hollow containing space. Wherein the auxiliary buoy is arranged on the cross brace through a first through hole formed between the two bottom faces, the containing space of the auxiliary buoy is used for loading or unloading ballast water, and the displacement of the auxiliary buoy is smaller than that of the center buoy and the side buoys. And the effects of protecting the cross brace and adjusting the ballast water amount of the buoy are achieved, and therefore the possibility that the platform is damaged, repaired and unstable is reduced.
Resumen de: CN224452974U
The utility model discloses a floating transportation offshore wind power foundation and a righting and clamping device of wind power equipment. The offshore wind power foundation comprises a self-floating cylindrical foundation, the telescopic tower drum is fixed on the drum-type foundation, a floating platform is arranged around the drum-type foundation, N layers of square frames are built on the floating platform, and N is greater than or equal to 1; the telescopic tower drum is located in each layer of square frame, left and right slideways are arranged on the front frame and the rear frame of each layer of square frame, and a pair of clamping beams used for clamping and straightening the tower drum is arranged on the slideways in a sliding fit mode; two ends of each clamping beam are bridged on the slideways of the front frame and the rear frame; driving devices for driving the pair of clamping beams to move oppositely or reversely are arranged on the left side frame and the right side frame of each layer of square frame; grooves are formed in the opposite side surfaces of the pair of clamping beams; when the pair of clamping beams clamps the tower drum, the tower drum is located in the grooves of the pair of clamping beams. The self-adaptive hoop fixing and dynamic righting functions of the tower drum in the floating transportation process are achieved, and the stability of the tower drum under the complex sea condition is ensured.
Resumen de: CN224452976U
The universal joint comprises a joint body, pin shaft holes are formed in the two ends of the joint body, and the axes of the pin shaft holes in the two ends of the joint body are perpendicular to each other; pin shafts penetrate through the pin shaft holes in the two ends of the connector body, and clamping grooves clamped with the clamping plates are formed in the two ends of the pin shafts. The lug plates are fixedly connected with the adapters at the top of the tower, the inhaul cables are connected to the floating type draught fan foundation, and after the adapters are connected to the floating type draught fan foundation through the inhaul cables, the adapters can rotate in two directions relative to the inhaul cables.
Resumen de: AU2026204575A1
Disclosed is a system that maintains the relative and/or absolute geographical positions of two or more buoyant devices floating in a body of water. A plurality of formation restoring tethers are disclosed which permit the unrestricted vertical movement of networked buoyant devices, while resisting increases in their lateral separations by providing restoring forces to oppose such separations. Tensioning mechanisms incorporated into the tethers generate the resistance to the lateral separations of two or more entities by transforming such separations into an increase in the potential energy stored within such tensioning mechanisms, the potential energy of which is released in the process of restoring the original separations and/or positions of the displaced buoyant devices. un u n
Resumen de: AU2025210149A1
A floating power generation system incorporates a scotch yoke mechanism that is coupled with an electrical generator to produce power and is actuated by a fin assembly having a plurality of fins that move or pivot from a first pivot position to a second pivot position. The fins are coupled with the yoke of the scotch yoke by a cable to move the yoke back and forth in a reciprocating motion. As the fins move back and forth from one side of the water flow direction to the other, the yoke reciprocates and turns the flywheel to produce electrical power. The floating power generation system may employ two fin assemblies, wherein a first fin assembly directs water through the plurality of first fins into the plurality of second fins of the second fin assembly to force the second fins in an opposing pivot orientation from said first fins.
Nº publicación: US20260189016A1 02/07/2026
Solicitante:
ABB SCHWEIZ AG [CH]
ABB Schweiz AG
Resumen de: US20260189016A1
A power collection system for collecting power from a plurality of offshore power generation units comprises a three-phase sub-grid and a subsea power substation. The sub-grid has a plurality of power input points towards the power generation units and a shared three-phase power output point. The power substation is connected to the power output point, and its secondary side is arranged to be connected to a power consumer. The power substation shall comprise three one-phase transformers, which are contained in respective housings, wherein each housing is arranged to rest on the seabed and to be liftable to the sea surface separately from the other housings. Each phase of the power output point is connected to a primary side of a corresponding one of the one-phase transformers.