Resumen de: WO2025095785A1
A computer-implemented method of achieving a target pretension in one or more mooring lines of a physical floating offshore unit, the method comprising: measuring a tension in an installation line configured to install the physical floating offshore unit, measuring a line length pull in/out of the installation line; generating a model comprising a digital representation of the physical floating offshore unit's physical properties and/or physical behaviours, wherein the physical floating offshore unit comprises one or more mooring lines and wherein the model is configured to model the one or more mooring lines, the model further comprising a digital representation of physical properties and/or physical behaviours of an installation vessel that is configured to install the physical floating offshore unit, wherein generating the model comprises selecting a base design for the model from a set of base designs based on the measured tension and measured line length pull in/out and modelling the physical floating offshore unit's physical properties and/or physical behaviours based on initial data, wherein the initial data is to be updated based on as-built and as- installed data comprising (i) operations data specific to the physical floating offshore unit and the mooring lines and (ii) marine execution data, and estimating, by the model, based on the as-built and as-installed data, a predicted pretension in the one or more physical mooring lines such that vessel disconnection from
Resumen de: EP4803740A1
An object of the present invention is to provide a construction method for a floating wind power generation facility which is less susceptible to wind and waves when towing. A provisional assembly (1a) is assembled on land. The provisional assembly (1a) includes a base part (8) of a floating body (2) and a provisionally mounted member (6, 13, 16) disposed at a position different from a position at completion. After assembly of the provisional assembly (1a), the provisional assembly (1a) is launched. After being launched, the floating wind power generation facility under construction is towed to its installation position, and the provisionally mounted member (6, 13, 16) is disposed at the position at completion. Since the provisional assembly (1a) is shorter in length in the up-down direction than the completed floating wind power generation facility, the provisional assembly (1a) is less susceptible to wind and waves when towed.
Resumen de: US20260258787A1
0000 An offshore floating wind turbine apparatus provides a pair of spaced apart hull sections with a space between the hull sections. One or more gantries each connect to the hull sections. The one or more gantries are spaced apart and connected to the hull sections with pivotal or universal joint connections. A wind turbine tower has upper and lower end portions. The wind turbine tower has a lower end portion with a base that is mounted to one of the gantries. The tower upper end portion has a rotor, hub, nacelle, and blades. A mooring system preferably holds the hull sections on a desired offshore marine location.
Resumen de: US20260258786A1
A high capacity, shallow draft, ocean-borne wind turbine is described, featuring a floating structure with at least three floats and a turbine rotor coupled to a generator with a power capacity of at least 3 MW. The turbine includes multiple blades, each with a length, and an operational draft less than about one-sixth of the blade length. Variations include configurations with round surf ace piercing floats and specific arrangements of four floats in a square formation. The design ensures a draft in operation of less than 1 meter per MW of rated capacity, providing an efficient and stable platform for offshore wind energy generation.
Resumen de: US20260257776A1
The present invention relates to a floating concrete structure for offshore wind applications, comprising a semi-submersible platform which in turn comprises: an inner column (1), a plurality of outer columns (2) distributed around the inner column (1) equidistant thereto (1), wherein the inner column (1) or one of the outer columns (2) supports a wind turbine tower, a plurality of beams (4) connecting each outer column (2) with the inner column (1). The floating structure further comprises a pontoon (3), the inner column (1) and the plurality of outer columns (2) being supported on the pontoon (3) and the plurality of beams (4) comprises first beams (4.1) which extend parallel to the pontoon (3) between the upper end of the inner column (1) to a point of attachment with the outer columns (2).
Resumen de: US20260257770A1
A tendon (224) for a tension leg platform (202), TLP, is provided. The TLP has a foundation (206), connectable to a bottom (208) of a body of water, and a buoyant hull (216). The tendon has a length of at least 300 meters, a proximal end (223), and a distal end (225). The tendon also has a proximal end fitting at the proximal end and a distal end fitting at the distal end. The tendon is connectable with the proximal end fitting to the hull and with the distal end fitting to the foundation to provide a pulling force on the hull. The tendon is formed with basalt fibres for transferring the pulling force from the proximal end fitting to the distal end fitting.
Resumen de: US20260258788A1
0000 Delivery of a high volume of floating systems for wind turbines can involve the standard design of sections, such as “tubes” or “cans,” comprising a rolled plate and ring stiffeners. The delivery can then involve the transportation of the sections in blocks to an assembly site that is closer to the planned installation point. The sections are used to manufacture semi-submersibles at the assembly site using a barge with cranes. The delivery can then involve the transportation of each of the semi-submersibles to a platform, such as a standard jack-up vessel or a crane jacket, near which the semi-submersible is temporarily attached to allow the installation of the Tower, the nacelle, and blades. Finally, the delivery involves the transportation of the completed wind turbine to the planned installation point, where it can be attached to a pile driven into the seafloor or moored during use. 0000 WO
Resumen de: US20260257775A1
0000 A multifunctional integrated platform, includes a wind turbine, a photovoltaic power generation system, a floating body, and a net cage. The wind turbine, the photovoltaic power generation system and the net cage are all mounted on the floating body. The wind turbine is configured to perform wind power generation, and the photovoltaic power generation system is configured to perform photovoltaic power generation.
Resumen de: EP4800240A1
The present invention belongs to the technical field of offshore power generation, and specifically discloses a universal-joint-type connection device for connecting an offshore wind turbine platform to the seabed. By installing a cross universal-joint-type connection structure at the bottom of the main body of a tension-type floating offshore wind turbine platform and using the cross universal-joint-type connection structure as the swing center, when encountering strong winds or waves, the platform can swing in response to the winds or waves and float under the action of buoyancy. Meanwhile, by connecting the floating platform to the seabed, the forces acting on the platform main body can be transmitted to the seabed through the universal joint, avoiding the torsion phenomenon that occurs when mooring cables are used, improving the connection stability between the platform main body and the seabed, providing effective support for wind power generation equipment, and enabling the wind turbine unit to maintain stable wind-facing operation.
Resumen de: US2025137431A1
Submersible box-winged vehicle systems generate hydroelectric energy using naturally occurring tidal flows and/or water currents in a body of water. The vehicle systems include a submersible hull, an upright dorsal fin extending from an aft portion of the submersible hull, port and starboard wing assemblies each having respective proximal ends joined to a forward region of the hull an and an upper region of the dorsal fin so as to establish a box wing configuration, and electrical power generation units attached to the port and starboard wings, wherein each of the electrical power generation units include a generator and a marine propeller operatively connected to the generator so as to cause the generator to generate electrical energy in response to the marine propeller turning. The vehicle system when submerged in a body of water thereby allows tidal flows and/or currents associated with the body of water to responsively turn the marine propeller of each of the electrical power units thereby generating electricity by the generator operably associated therewith
Resumen de: EP4799916A2
The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for producing, storing, and transferring hydrogen. According to the present invention, in order to address the problems of conventional systems and methods for producing, storing, and transferring marine green hydrogen, which are configured with a fixed structure in a small-scale offshore wind power generator on a coast or in a shallow sea area with a shallow depth of water, and thus, have low efficiency due to the difficulty in mass production of hydrogen, and a large storage space is occupied when the produced hydrogen is converted into a compressed gas form, and when the produced hydrogen is converted into ammonia, additional energy is required to extract the hydrogen again and there is a risk of environmental pollution and casualty in the event of an outflow accident, provided is a marine platform for producing, storing, and transferring marine green hydrogen, which is configured such that marine green hydrogen is produced through a floating marine structure configured to produce marine green hydrogen using electricity produced using renewable energy from the ocean, and simultaneously, the produced marine green hydrogen is stored, transferred, and offloaded through a single offshore platform (FPSO), thereby being possible to easily construct a large-scale production facility capable of producing, storing, and transferring marine green hydrogen without greenhouse gas emission on the basis of eco-friendly energy.
Resumen de: EP4799917A1
A floating foundation is provided and includes a plurality of foundation modules. The plurality of foundation modules are spliced and connected, and the foundation modules at least include a first foundation module extending in a first direction, a second foundation module extending in a second direction and a third foundation module extending in a third direction after the plurality of foundation modules being spliced, where the second foundation module and the third foundation module are located in a same plane, and a plane of the first foundation module is higher than planes of the second foundation module and the third foundation module being located. The first direction, the second direction and the third direction form a three-dimensional coordinate system. In addition, the disclosure also provides a method for assembling the floating fan.
Resumen de: AU2026214078A1
Offshore floating intervention platform having a lifting tower with a position compensation device, related assembly and method 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. Figure 6 and ug u g a n d F' rx 140, 142 40 ug u g
Resumen de: WO2026176088A1
Semi-submersible offshore support structure for a wind turbine comprising: three semi-submersible columns and a receiving element for a wind turbine; a connection structure comprising a plurality of braces connecting the semi-submersible columns and/or the receiving element, wherein at least one of the braces is a truss-brace.
Resumen de: US20260249962A1
0000 An autonomous roaming offshore wind turbine (AROWT) includes a floating hull, a lifting keel extending outwardly from an under-side of the hull, ballast, a propeller mounted to a portion of the hull, and a wind turbine mounted to an upper side of the hull. When deployed in a body of water, the AROWT moves in a figure-eight station-keeping pattern and includes: a wind turbine having a rated power between 5 MW and 25 MW, a rated wind speed between 8 m/s and 20 m/s, a wind turbine blade diameter within 100 m to 300 m, a lifting keel depth of between 30 m and 100 m, a hull speed to wind speed ratio of between 0.1 and 0.3, a pattern beam to wind turbine blade diameter ratio of between 0.5 and about 5.0, and a pattern beam to pattern surge ratio of between 0.02 and about 0.1
Resumen de: US20260251124A1
0000 Apparatus and a method of providing a wind turbine (WT) are disclosed. The method comprises the steps of: at a lift position location, erecting a wind turbine portion that comprises at least one elongate tower and a nacelle member on an upper end region of the elongate tower and at least one blade member, by providing a lower tower section at the lift position location, lifting the lower tower section vertically via at least one lift support thereby providing a lifted tower section, urging at least one incoming further tower section to the lift position location, to a position under a preceding tower section, and securing a top region of the incoming further tower section to a lower region of a lifted preceding tower section; whereby lifting tower sections comprises providing tower sections, one-by-one, to the lift position location that is at a desired position proximate to at least one lift support, gripping an incoming tower section via at least one lift beam mounted on respective climber elements movable with respect to each lift support, and via the climber elements raising the gripped tower section upwards to a raised position.
Resumen de: US20260249964A1
A counterweight for a semi-submersible float of an offshore wind turbine can be configured in a sinking state or a floating state, and includes a main counterweight structure made of a material that makes it sinking when immersed in water, and a plurality of airbags removably fixed to the main structure so as to make the counterweight floating when the airbags are inflated. A method is provided for installing such a counterweight
Resumen de: EP4796428A2
0001 A floating offshore structure of the present disclosure includes: a plurality of columns; and a plurality of pontoons installed at lower ends of the columns, respectively, wherein a polygonal shape is formed by an imaginary line connecting the columns, the pontoons are installed inside the polygonal shape, a cross-sectional area in a direction parallel to sea level of the pontoons is greater than or equal to the cross-sectional area in the direction parallel to the sea level of the columns, and the pontoons may have a shape protruding outward at the lower ends of the columns.
Resumen de: US20260243230A1
0000 The invention relates to a system for generating energy in open water, in which an offshore wind turbine is releasably connected to a marine vehicle, which includes a transformer device for converting into lower and/or higher electrical voltage, an electrolysis device for generating hydrogen, and a tank for storing the hydrogen. The invention advantageously provides for dynamic changes between the operating modes of storage and transmission, redundancy and maintainability.
Resumen de: WO2026167342A1
There is disclosed a support apparatus (105) for a mooring device (110), and a method of mooring an (offshore/floating/buoyant) structure (120), such as a floating offshore wind turbine (FOWT). The support apparatus (105) comprises a first arrangement for pivotally attaching/retaining the support apparatus (105) to the structure (120) to be moored, and a second arrangement for pivotally attaching/retaining the mooring device (110) to the support apparatus (105). The support apparatus (105) comprises a pull-in arrangement (125) to pull the mooring device (110) into the second arrangement. The support apparatus (105) can provide an increased range of azimuth offset angles between the mooring device (110) and the structure (120) to be moored, e.g., +/- 120°. The first arrangement allows for partial rotational motion of the support apparatus (105) relative to the structure (120) along a first (substantially vertical) axis (X). The second arrangement allows for partial rotational motion of the mooring device (110) relative to the support apparatus (105) around a second (substantially horizontal) axis (Y), the first axis and the second axis (X, Y) being substantially orthogonal to one another.
Resumen de: US20260233823A1
0000 A mooring system and monitoring system for a floating offshore wind turbine platform, including a static mooring system and a dynamic mooring system. The static mooring system includes three mooring cable bundles, with the center of the pillars (1) and the center of the mooring cable bundles being coincided. The dynamic mooring system includes power units, thruster units (4), and control units. Below each of the pillars of the wind turbine platform, a set of thruster units (4) is installed, with each set including 1 to 4 thruster units (4). The platform monitoring system implements real-time monitoring of the platform, obtaining the motion state and mooring tension of the platform. Based on the real-time motion state, the system calculates the required power for the thruster units (4) to meet the tilt and mooring tension requirements of the platform, the power is then executed by the thruster units (4).
Resumen de: WO2026167344A1
There is disclosed a support apparatus (105), a mooring tensioner (110), and a method of mooring an (offshore/floating/buoyant) structure (122) such as a Floating Offshore Wind Turbine (FOWT) using one or more anchors (120). The support apparatus (105) comprises a first arrangement for pivotally attaching/retaining the support apparatus (105) to an anchor (120), and a second arrangement for pivotally attaching/retaining the mooring tensioner (110) to the support apparatus (105). The support apparatus (105) comprises a drop-in arrangement (126) to drop the mooring tensioner (110) into the second arrangement. The support apparatus (105) can provide an increased range of azimuth offset angles between the mooring tensioner (110) and the anchor (120) to be moored, e.g., +/- 60°. The first arrangement allows for partial rotational motion of the support apparatus (105) relative to the anchor (120) around a first (substantially vertical) axis (X). The second arrangement allows for partial rotational motion of the mooring tensioner (110) relative to the support apparatus (105) around a second (substantially horizontal) axis (Y), the first axis and the second axis (X, Y) being substantially orthogonal to one another.
Resumen de: WO2026168487A1
Provided is a floating structure with which it is possible to increase rigidity and ensure the required strength with less steel material weight than conventional examples. A floating structure 1 according to a first embodiment is provided with: a lower structure 2 formed by a triangular frame; a main column 3 that is disposed at any one vertex section (first vertex section 2a) of the lower structure 2; a linking member 4 that links the main column 3 and remaining vertex sections (second vertex section 2b and third vertex section 2c) of the lower structure 2 and where the main column 3 is not disposed; and sub-columns 5 that are disposed at the vertex sections (second vertex section 2b and third vertex section 2c) where the main column 3 is not disposed.
Resumen de: US20260235105A1
0000 A method of operating a downwind floating wind turbine comprising the downwind floating wind turbine floating in a body of water assuming mean heel angle within a range, the mean heel angle defined by a mean pitch angle of a central axis Y of a tower of the downwind floating wind turbine in a direction of wind; and the downwind floating wind turbine operating with a maximum rotor misalignment from a horizontal axis that is perpendicular to gravity while assuming the mean heel angle. The tower includes a turbine with a nacelle, hub and a plurality of blades extending from the hub, the plurality of blades configured to rotate about a rotor axis R, the rotor axis R having rotor tilt angle defined by an angle of rotor axis R relative to a perpendicular axis to the central axis Y.
Nº publicación: WO2026167343A1 13/08/2026
Solicitante:
FLINTSTONE TECH LIMITED [GB]
FLINTSTONE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
Resumen de: WO2026167343A1
There is disclosed a support apparatus (105) for a mooring device (110), and a method of mooring an (offshore/floating/buoyant) structure (122) such as a Floating Offshore Wind Turbine (FOWT) using one or more anchors (120). The support apparatus (105) comprises a first arrangement for pivotally attaching/retaining the support apparatus (105) to an anchor (120), and a second arrangement for pivotally attaching/retaining the mooring device (110) to the support apparatus (105). The support apparatus (105) comprises a drop-in arrangement (126) to drop the mooring device (110) into the second arrangement. The support apparatus (105) can provide an increased range of azimuth offset angles between the mooring device (110) and the anchor (120) to be moored, e.g., +/- 60°. The first arrangement allows for partial rotational motion of the support apparatus (105) relative to the anchor (120) around a first (substantially vertical) axis (X). The second arrangement allows for partial rotational motion of the mooring device (110) relative to the support apparatus (105) around a second (substantially horizontal) axis (Y), the first axis and the second axis (X, Y) being substantially orthogonal to one another.