WP1 Project management: Project management activities have been performed to ensure the achievement of the objectives within time-schedule and budget constraints, by planning, organizing and controlling the integrated effort of the teams and subcontractors involved in the project.
During WP1, numerous meetings have taken place within ESTEYCO’s team as well as within the subcontracting companies, to control the achievement of the project’s schedule and deadlines (technical coordination); and to perform the financial and administrative tasks.
WP2 Structure – Wind turbine integration: during PR1, the tasks included in WP2 have been fully performed by ADWEN, GAMESA and ESTEYCO. This WP has covered the integration between wind turbine and substructure in terms of the definition of the loads and interfaces, including its certification.
During WP2, metocean conditions have also been analysed with the same purpose, covering the design of tower internals and secondary steel, as well as the design of power evacuation and grid connection.
WP3 Substructure design: The tasks related to the WP3 Substructure Design have been performed in parallel to WP2, since the design of the entire substructure must follow the requirements of the turbine manufacturer and certification. This work package will be finished by PR2.
WP4 Construction of the demonstrator substructure prototype: during PR1, the construction of the prototype has started; starting in the dry dock, and then placing the tower segments, installing the auxiliary buoyancy elements and finally the turbine.
WP5 Installation of the substructure and turbine at the final location: during PR1, the installation of the substructure and turbine at the final location has started, covering the manufacturing of the auxiliary buoyancy elements, its installation, its transport, the process of ballasting and the solid ballast infill as well.
WP6 Monitoring and operational demonstration: the Monitoring and operational demonstration has started during PR1, performing behavior tests of all involved elements to determine reliability and readiness of the prototype. This Work Package will continue during PR2, reaching the final conclusions.
WP7. Business case and risk analysis: the analysis of possible risks has started during PR1, as well as the study of the substructure overall cost. This work package will be finished by the end of PR2.
WP8 Dissemination and exploitation: the dissemination and exploitation of the technology developed has started during PR1, evaluating the costs related with the technology developed – both during the construction and installation and the operation and maintenance – to facilitate its commercialization. Furthermore, different dissemination activities have been carried out during PR1: a) ELICAN’s web page: we have created a specific web page (www.elicanoffshore.com) for this project in order to our share knowledge and results of the project so far; b) Specialized press: we have been contacted by different specialized magazines, both national and international, which are interested in our project and we have collaborated with them in order to disseminate our up-to-date results and achievements, for instance, Offshore Wind Industry (Germany), Recharge News (Norway, UK) and Expansion newspaper (Spain); c) educational dissemination: we have organized an educational visit for a group of 16 students of the course Design of Naval and Oceanic Industry (Offshore), who got to know first-hand the technical features of the structure as well as its operational process in the sea and visit the prototype itself.
