Resumen de: WO2023117459A1
The invention concerns a mooring device (2) for an offshore wind turbine, the mooring device (2) comprising at least two mooring lines (6) comprising a first end (16) configured to be attached to a first attachment point of a floating offshore wind turbine platform (4), and at least three anchoring elements (8) configured to anchor the floating offshore wind turbine to a seabed, each mooring line (6) being flexibly retained through at least one anchoring element (8), a second end (20) of the mooring lines (6) being attached to an attachment point (10) in order that a first mooring line (6) length (18) extending between the floating offshore wind turbine platform (4) and the anchoring element (8) can vary in function of the forces exerted on the floating offshore wind turbine platform (4).
Resumen de: CN118434969A
The invention relates to a floating wind platform capable of being placed on a body of water, the floating wind platform comprising:-a float structure (28) capable of floating on the body of water; -a tower (30) protruding from the float structure (28) and extending in the main direction (Z), the tower (30) being able to support a wind turbine nacelle; the tower (30) comprises a composite material.
Resumen de: CN118475768A
The invention relates to a floating wind power platform capable of being placed on a body of water and comprising: a float structure (28) capable of floating on the body of water; a tower assembly (30) protruding from the float structure (28) and extending along the main direction (Z), the tower assembly (30) being able to support a wind turbine nacelle. The tower assembly (30) includes: a tower (38) capable of supporting a wind turbine nacelle; and a connection portion (40) disposed between the float structure (28) and the tower (38). The connecting portion (40) is formed of a composite material.
Resumen de: WO2023117460A1
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), each mooring line (5) being attached to a mooring point (51, 52) arranged around said floating structure (3), wherein three adjacent floating structures (3) have at least one of their mooring lines (5) having a common junction point (51) above the seabed (Sb), this common junction point (51) being attached to a submerged buoy (7) moored to the seabed, the other mooring points (52) of the other mooring lines (5) being directly moored to the seabed (Sb), the offshore wind farm (1) also comprises at least one electrical inter-array cable (9) connecting two adjacent floating structures (3), said electrical inter-array cable (9) being configured to float midwater over its entire length between the two adjacent floating structures (3).
Resumen de: WO2024217873A1
A semi-submersible wind power turbine platform (10, 20, 30, 40) comprising: first, second and third buoyant stabilizing columns (1, 2, 3) distributed in a horizontal plane when the platform floats on even keel; one or more elongated connection members (5, 6, 7, 8, 9) arranged to connect the first, second and third columns (1, 2, 3) to each other, and a ballast system configured to control tilt, trim and/or heel of the platform (10, 20, 30, 40) by distributing ballast water between first, second and third trim ballast tanks (11, 12, 13) arranged in the first, second and third columns (1, 2, 3), respectively, wherein a dump outlet (15, 16, 17) to a dump line (21, 22, 23) is arranged at a bottom portion of each of the first, second and third trim ballast tanks (11, 12, 13), and wherein a dump valve (24, 25, 26) is arranged in association with each of the dump lines (21, 22, 23) so that, when the dump valve (24, 25, 26) is opened, ballast water can be dumped from the corresponding trim ballast tank (11, 12, 13) by the action of gravity.
Resumen de: WO2024218286A1
A method for loading out an offshore floating wind turbine (1) comprising the steps of placing an offshore floating wind turbine (1) on a vessel (50), wherein the offshore floating wind turbine (1) comprises a floating foundation (2), a tower (3) and a nacelle assembly (4); adding at least one stabilizing member (5, 5a, 5b) under 5 the floating foundation (2) of the wind turbine (1); and contacting the floating foundation (2) of the offshore floating wind turbine (1) with the at least one stabilizing member (5, 5a, 5b). A corresponding system for loading out an offshore floating wind turbine (1) is also described.
Resumen de: US2024351667A1
Foundation systems and methods using in-situ shaped pile-anchors that are particularly adapted for use in aquatic environments. The shaped pile-anchor of the invented foundation includes a concrete filled tubular metal casing, the bottom end of which is positioned at a predetermined depth in the ground (e.g., aquatic-floor soil) and the top end of which protrudes above the water or soil surface. Concrete fills the inside the metal casing, substantially all the way to the top end of the casing, forming an upper portion of a concrete column. The lower portion of the concrete column extends down below the bottom end of the metal casing and further into the ground. The lower portion is shaped to have a cross-section greater than the cross-section of the upper portion, which equals to the inner diameter of the tubular metal casing. A platform is coupled to one of more of the shaped pile-anchors to support a structure above.
Resumen de: EP4450807A1
The invention relates to wind power generation, and more particularly to systems for producing power at sea using floating vessels.The invention solves the problem of providing more efficient use of floating wind power system.The problem of interest is solved in that a wind power system comprises a floating base in the form of a ship having on its deck three wind turbines on vertical posts, one of which is disposed on a fixed platform in the fore part of the deck, said ship additionally being provided with two rotating platforms, capable of moving in a horizontal plane, for receiving the other two wind turbines, wherein the rotating platforms are arranged symmetrically along the sides of the aft part of the ship one on the left and the other on the right, with one end of each rotating platform being hinged to the hull of the ship and the other end supporting the base of a wind turbine post, the posts of all three wind turbines being mounted so that they can be raised and lowered and being coupled to their respective platforms by hinged joints, wherein each post is provided with its own lowering and raising mechanism, and each rotating platform is provided with its own mechanism for movement in a horizontal plane.
Resumen de: WO2024218286A1
A method for loading out an offshore floating wind turbine (1) comprising the steps of placing an offshore floating wind turbine (1) on a vessel (50), wherein the offshore floating wind turbine (1) comprises a floating foundation (2), a tower (3) and a nacelle assembly (4); adding at least one stabilizing member (5, 5a, 5b) under 5 the floating foundation (2) of the wind turbine (1); and contacting the floating foundation (2) of the offshore floating wind turbine (1) with the at least one stabilizing member (5, 5a, 5b). A corresponding system for loading out an offshore floating wind turbine (1) is also described.
Resumen de: US2024344501A1
An offshore wind turbine installation comprising a wind turbine on a support structure. A concrete-cast transition piece is provided in between the tower of the wind turbine and a tower support of the support structure. Flanges of the tower and the tower support are either bolted to each other, sandwiching the transition piece in between, or bolted into the transition piece for fixation.
Resumen de: US2024344502A1
This relates to a floating offshore platform for converting wind energy into electricity through a wind turbine with a vertical axis of the Darrieus type, and for converting solar energy into electricity though a plurality of photovoltaic modules which also provide the electricity required to start the turbine.
Resumen de: WO2024213806A1
The invention relates to a system for mooring or anchoring wind turbines at sea, which consists of radial-blade, horizontal-axis wind turbines disposed on a vertical or horizontal pontoon or float submerged below the orbital depth, or close thereto, and which are moored by cables or chains to concrete blocks, or anchored by anchoring elements or bolts to the sea bed or lake bed. The wind turbines are constantly and automatically directed, in the manner of a wind vane, by the action of the wind and the water current and are vertically and horizontally stabilised, the wind turbine shafts driving electric generators, air compressors or hydraulic pumps. The vertical pontoon consists of a tubular element having a cylindrical shape or an oval cross-section with an aerodynamic profile. The horizontal pontoon is disc-shaped with an aerodynamic profile. Both types of pontoon are hollow and filled with air or a plastic polymer foam.
Resumen de: US2024343358A1
Described herein is a floating wind turbine platform comprising a hull, a wind turbine tower. The hull comprises a pontoon base and a first, second and third column integrally formed with the pontoon base, and the wind turbine tower is fixed to and extends upwardly from the first column. The pontoon base and the first, second and third columns are formed substantially of concrete.
Resumen de: US2024344504A1
The invention relates to a method for handling a load, in particular a blade, of an offshore wind turbine system comprising a wind turbine, wherein a crane is temporarily mounted on the platform, the crane having a tower of which a plurality of elements can be telescoped relative to each other. The invention also relates to a crane and to devices suitable for carrying out this method.
Resumen de: WO2024213894A1
A buoyant offshore renewable energy system mounting platform is provided for use in supporting a renewable energy system in a body of water. The platform (100) comprises: a support node (108); two distal nodes (110); and a first lateral brace and a second lateral brace (102, 104), each of the first and second lateral braces extending between the support node and a corresponding distal node to form a platform base; the platform further comprising a plurality of mooring lines (116), wherein a corresponding said mooring line is affixed to each of the support node and the two distal nodes and arranged to tether the support node and the two distal nodes to a bed of a body of water such that the support node and the two distal nodes are positioned in the body of water at an operating depth; wherein the support node is arranged to support a renewable energy converter (114) thereon, and wherein at the operating depth, the support node is arranged to support the renewable energy converter above a surface of the body of water. The described platform aims to provide a safer and more efficient mode of deploying a buoyant offshore platform to a partially submerged operating configuration.
Resumen de: US2024344499A1
A method is provided of stopping an operation of a floating wind turbine, the wind turbine including a floating body, a tower mounted to the floating body, a nacelle mounted to the tower, a rotating hub rotatable mounted to the nacelle and having a plurality of blades, and a generator connected to the hub for generating electric power. The method includes: receiving a stop request for stopping the operation of a floating wind turbine; determining whether or not the stop request is non-critical to allow a delay or attenuation of stopping the operation of the floating wind turbine; and delaying or attenuating the stopping of the operation of the floating wind turbine, when the delay of stopping the operation of the floating wind turbine is allowed, so as to attenuate a wind turbine pitch movement.
Resumen de: US2024318323A1
A green hydrogen production system and method uses an offshore platform, an offshore renewable energy source, a submerged water desalination apparatus and a water electrolysis apparatus to produce hydrogen and oxygen using power from the renewable energy source and desalinated water from the submerged water desalination apparatus. The system and method enable green hydrogen production with reduced energy use or capital cost compared to onshore systems and systems that do not employ a submerged water desalination apparatus.
Resumen de: DK202101159A1
An offshore wind turbine installation (1) comprising a wind turbine (2) on a support structure (3). A concrete-cast transition piece (9) is provided in between the tower (7) of the wind turbine (2) and a tower support (8) of the support structure (3). Flanges (19, 20) of the tower (7) and the tower support (8) are either bolted to each other, sandwiching the transition piece (9) in between, or bolted into the transition piece (9) for fixation.
Resumen de: CN118339073A
A quick connector for coupling an offshore floating structure to a pre-laid mooring system. The quick connector comprises a base structure (6) coupled to an upper body (2) of an offshore floating structure, a mooring interface (13) attached to a lower body (3) of a pre-laid mooring system, and a locking mechanism comprising a groove surface (16) formed in the mooring interface (13), a locking pawl (10) movably mounted on the base structure (6), and a hydrodynamic device, the hydrodynamic device is associated with the base structure (6) and is operably connected to move the locking pawl (10) between a release position, in which the locking pawl (10) is withdrawn from the groove surface (16) of the mooring interface (13), and a locking position, in which the locking pawl (10) engages the groove surface (16) of the mooring interface (13).
Resumen de: US2024336333A1
Disclosed are systems for remote cable pull-in of a dynamic cable to a floating wind turbine from a vessel, the system including a floating wind turbine having a pull-in wire attachable to a dynamic cable to be connected to the floating wind turbine; a vessel for performing a dynamic cable pull-in operation for connecting the dynamic cable to the floating wind turbine, wherein the pull-in wire is attachable to the dynamic cable, the vessel is adapted for pulling the pull-in wire and the attached dynamic cable to the floating wind turbine, and wherein the system is adapted for compensating a relative movement between the vessel and the floating wind turbine during the pull-in operation.
Resumen de: US2024337243A1
An aquatic wind power generation system includes: a hull that navigates on water; a power generation system that includes a kite connected to the hull via a tether, and repeats between a power generation mode, in which wind power is generated by an unwinding operation of the tether due to flight of the kite, and retraction mode, in which the tether is retracted by a winding operation of the tether; and a controller that performs control to direct a bow of the hull in a leeward direction in the retraction mode.
Resumen de: AU2023246540A1
The intervention platform (10) comprises : - a floating base (46), immersed in a body of water (12); - at least a wind turbine equipment lifting tower (100), configured to lift at least an equipment of the wind turbine (20); The intervention platform (10) has at least a heave plate (70) configured to protrude laterally from the floating base (46), the heave plate (70) defining an upper surface (80) configured to engage a lower surface (42) of the offshore wind turbine platform (14). The floating base (46) has at least a ballast receiving volume (84), the intervention platform (10) having a ballast controller (86) configured to control a quantity of ballast received in the ballast receiving volume (84) to lift the upper surface (80) of the offshore heave plate (70) in contact with the lower surface (42) of the offshore wind turbine platform (14).
Resumen de: AU2023246671A1
The intervention platform (10) comprises at least a wind turbine equipment lifting tower (100), having at least a lifting unit (110A, 110B) comprising : a mast (112), a wind turbine equipment elevator (114) configured to vertically move along the mast (112) between a lower loading/unloading position and at least an upper intervention position and a lifting actuator (116), configured to move the wind turbine equipment elevator (114) between the lower unloading/loading position and the upper intervention position. The lifting unit (110A, 110B) comprises at least a position compensation device (118) configured to be activated in the loading/unloading position and/or in the intervention position to compensate local vertical displacements between the intervention platform (10) and the wind turbine platform when the intervention platform (10) is docked to the wind turbine platform.
Nº publicación: US2024336337A1 10/10/2024
Solicitante:
STIESDAL OFFSHORE AS [DK]
Stiesdal Offshore A/S
Resumen de: US2024336337A1
In the assembly of an offshore support structure for a wind turbine, tubular braces are interconnected or connected to a tower support in cast connections where an end part of the corresponding brace is inserted into a sleeve that is fixed in the interconnecting brace or in the tower support, and the volume in between the sleeve and the end part of the inserted brace is filled by a casting material, typically grout.