Ship&Offshore | Issue 01/2023
EPO to grant patent for Hexicon mooring system
Swedish offshore wind developer, Hexicon, is to receive additional patents from the European Patent Office (EPO) for the mooring system of its TwinWindTM floating wind design. The EPO already granted patent approval for the company’s inclined towers last year. Now, the EPO’s approval of the tension leg platform (TLP) mooring system means that Hexicon can validate patents in a range of EPO member states. So far, the company is interested in about 20 European countries with a coastline. Hexicon’s CTO, Niklas Hummel, commented: “This patent will give us wider exclusivity and security on the market and allow us to continue to develop a viable and competitive technology in TwinWind....