Ship&Offshore | Ausgabe 06/2012
Design and employment of floating wind turbines
FEASIBILITY STUDY As the world’s energy mix changes, classification societies are changing to keep pace. One area where change seems to be occurring most rapidly is the development of offshore wind farms. With the migration of wind farms into deeper water, the need for innovative floating structures is increasing, write Lars Samuelsson and Qing Yu from the classification society ABS.