Project description
Optimising floating wind farms in deep waters
Installing, operating and maintaining marine wind turbines becomes more difficult and more expensive as water depth increases. The EU-funded FLOTANT project aims to build and demonstrate a scale model of an offshore floating platform to support a wind turbine in deep waters. The newly designed components will include a hybrid concrete-plastic platform, optimised mooring and anchoring systems, high-performance lightweight power cables, and a high-tech monitoring system for operation and maintenance. The project will further assess the technological, economic, environmental and social impact of the floating platform. Ultimately, it will contribute to the advancement of renewable technologies, and is estimated to reduce future capital and operational expenses by more than 50 %.
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35200 Telde
Spain
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EX4 4QJ Exeter
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EH8 9YL Edinburgh
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46980 Paterna Valencia
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52062 Aachen
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6708 PM Wageningen
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Dun Laoghaire Dublin
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28036 Madrid
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44321 Nantes
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1000 Ljubljana
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
CV8 1AB Kenilworth, Warwichshire
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
AB23 8GW Aberdeen
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
115 27 Athina
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21000 Split
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46290 Alcasser
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28016 Madrid
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92800 Puteaux
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