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Fugro and partners unveil new tech for floaters

By: James Bernthal-Hooker 14/06/2021 Fugro

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A consortium led by Fugro has designed a mooring line fatigue tracker for floating wind turbines. The partners – Fugro, AS Mosely, and the University of Strathclyde – were funded by the Scottish government.

The new tracker combines motion and position measurements of floating hulls with a simulation model to monitor fatigue, and was awarded funding in March 2020 via the Carbon Trust’s Floating Wind Joint Industry Project’s Floating Offshore Wind Technology Acceleration Competition (FLW TAC).

The solution seeks to streamline costs, with fatigue tracking that should reduce the current conventional five-year subsea inspection regime to one with remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) that only carry out inspections when necessary.

Hannah Evans, Manager at the Carbon Trust, said: “We are really pleased to see the progress Fugro, AS Mosley and the University of Strathclyde have made in developing their mooring line fatigue tracker over the past 12 months. This project has demonstrated the value of collaboration between industry and academia in Scotland to deliver innovative solutions, and addresses challenges faced by the floating wind industry to monitor mooring lines safely and cost-effectively.”

With the technology demonstrated, the partners are currently identifying opportunities to work with floating wind developers on pre-commercial projects for offshore technology trials.

Stuart Killbourn, Fugro’s Structural Monitoring Project Manager, said: “Working with AS Mosley and the University of Strathclyde to repurpose methods and expertise from the oil and gas industry for offshore renewable energy has been incredibly exciting. Over the coming decade, efficient and reliable remote monitoring systems will be vital for the deployment of floating wind farms, which in turn are so important for meeting net-zero carbon targets for a safe and liveable world.”

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