The development of global technologies in the field of support structures for floating wind power plants

  • Anastasia A. Chalkina St. Petersburg State Marine Technical University, Saint Petersburg, Russia
  • Aleksey V. Lobanov PJSC Gazprom, Saint Petersburg, Russia

Abstract

Most of the wind resources are located at depths where offshore stationary wind turbines are unprofitable or technologically impractical. Today, offshore floating wind turbines (hereinafter – MPWT) they are being actively improved, and there is a wide range of designs for such platforms. This article provides a brief overview of the architectural solutions used in the creation of MPV and a description of the technical characteristics of various types of floating bases for MPV, discusses changes in the functions and devices of platforms depending on their purpose. In addition, the paper considers the advantages and disadvantages of various types and shapes of the housing. As follows from the analysis of the offshore wind energy market, floating platforms used as the bases of offshore wind turbines in the near term will be increasingly in demand in most technologically developed countries to achieve the goals of "net zero emissions".

Keywords: offshore platforms, offshore wind turbine, wind energy, renewable energy sources, floating power plants

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Author Biographies

Anastasia A. Chalkina , St. Petersburg State Marine Technical University, Saint Petersburg, Russia

Student of the Department of «Ocean Engineering and Marine Technologies» of the State Marine Technical University, Lotsmanskaya Street, 3, Saint-Petersburg, 190121, Russia, e-mail: nastia35351 @gmail.com

Aleksey V. Lobanov , PJSC Gazprom, Saint Petersburg, Russia

Head of the Marine Activity Support Department of Shipbuilding and Marine Equipment Operation, PJSC Gazprom, Lakhtinsky Avenue, 2, 3, 1, Saint-Petersburg, 197229, Russia, e-mail: al.lobanov@adm.gazprom.ru

Published
20-03-2024
How to Cite
Chalkina, A. A., & Lobanov, A. V. (2024). The development of global technologies in the field of support structures for floating wind power plants. Russian Journal of Water Transport, (78), 245-257. https://doi.org/10.37890/jwt.vi78.463
Section
Water transport operation, waterways, communications and hydrography