Sea-keeping Tests Support Development of ECOTLP Floating Concrete Tension Leg (TLP) Platform for Offshore Deep Water WTGS
Amsterdam, The Netherlands June 11, 2014 -Mocean/DBD Systems/Ewind was selected by Maritime Research Institute Netherlands (MARIN) to conduct a 2 week long wave tank tests on a unique TLP foundation for deep water sites suitable for the Siemens SWT 6.0-154 6MW offshore WTG and other similar WTGs. The results of the tests conducted on a 1:50 scale model indicate lower than predicted wave induced accelerations and tendon loads and support the development of a practical foundation solution that allow offshore wind farms to capture the highest wind resource in deep water sites with the smallest environmental footprint because the associated gravity anchor requires minimal seabed preparation and the construction/WTG erection uses local labor and materials in safe harbor ports resulting in the shortest open-water installation time.
Contacts:
Media Contact: Nicole Murphy 646.530.0862 / nicole@walledcitymedia.com
Europe:
Mocean Offshore BV- Mocean is an Amsterdam based company which offers hydrodynamic, structural and mechanical engineering services to the offshore industry. MOCEAN allows its clients to be confident and efficient during all offshore activities and enables project teams to make clear, fast, well supported and above all efficient decisions for offshore assets and operations;.Attn: Jelte Kymmell, Address; Unit 6.24, Teleport Boulevard 110, 1043 EJ Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Tel: +31 (0)) 20 820 33 99; Email jelte@moceanoffshore.com
USA:
DBD Systems, Inc. – DBD Systems LLC is a U.S. based company that is the originator of patent pending DBD Systems foundations for deep water marine installations. The members of the company have over 30 years of professional engineering and naval architecture experience responsible for the design, development, manufacturing and operation of marine barges and heavy equipment as well as the design, construction of formwork and sequencing of heavy concrete structures. Contact: Bud Johnson, P.O. Box 125, Lamar, IN 47550 USA 812.568.0213 Email bjohnson@cornisl.com
