TLPWIND UK: "Driving the cost down of offshore wind in UK Waters"

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Title
TLPWIND UK: "Driving the cost down of offshore wind in UK Waters"

CoPED ID
c1d37a05-3592-40e0-bdce-4c4af9e55ba1

Status
Closed


Value
£1,161,574

Start Date
Aug. 31, 2014

End Date
March 30, 2016

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The UK is currently leading the offshore wind (OW) market worldwide. There is a clear need for developing new technologies that will help cut our electricity bills whilst building a UK manufacturing industry. Iberdrola has been developing an innovative floating foundation concept, TLPWIND, during the last four years to help reduce the costs of electricity from OW. The floating foundation will be moored to the seabed using a tensioned cable system that will restrict its motion almost entirely. It’s main dimensions and steel weight have been carefully optimised and its fabrication costs minimised. The TLPWIND concept enables more efficient and reduced cost transportation and installation (“T&I”) with the wind turbine being assembled onshore, in a controlled environment. This heavily reduces offshore operations and the use of expensive heavy installation vessels, and thus T&I costs. This approach is intended to de-risk offshore wind projects, particularly in the view of Insurers and Financiers, and consequently increase investor confidence and commitment to OW projects. This project aims to adapt this semi-mature concept to UK site conditions (50-60m plus) and help reduce overall LCOE.

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Subjects by relevance
  1. Costs
  2. Wind energy
  3. Optimisation
  4. Industrial buildings

Extracted key phrases
  1. TLPWIND UK
  2. Risk offshore wind project
  3. TLPWIND concept
  4. UK manufacturing industry
  5. UK waters&quot
  6. UK site condition
  7. Fabrication cost
  8. Cost transportation
  9. Offshore operation
  10. Wind turbine
  11. Foundation concept
  12. OW project
  13. Expensive heavy installation vessel
  14. Mature concept
  15. Electricity bill

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