The Titanic scale of floating wind turbines quantified

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The Titanic scale of floating wind turbines quantified
By
David Wojick
|
July 17th, 2024
 
My regular readers know that I have often referred to the huge size of floating wind turbine assemblies. They are much bigger than fixed offshore wind turbine assemblies because there is a big float attached. This makes floating wind far more expensive than fixed wind, which is already far more expensive than reliable fuel-fired electric power.

Simple physics says that if you want to put a 2,000-ton generator on top of a 500-foot tower with three 300-foot wings attached on a boat and have it still stand up in hurricane-force winds, it will have to be a mighty big boat.

Happily, Philip Lewis from strategic analyst Intelatus has put some numbers on this nonsense in Offshore Engineer.

See https://www.oedigital.com/news/504812-addressing-the-challenges-of-developing-floating-wind-at-scale

And https://www.oedigital.com/news/514835-preparing-for-floating-wind-leveraging-the-oil-gas-supply-chain

https://www.cfact.org/2024/07/17/the-titanic-scale-of-floating-wind-turbines-quantified/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-titanic-scale-of-floating-wind-turbines-quantified&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-titanic-scale-of-floating-wind-turbines-quantified