Hawaiian Company to Develop New Mooring Method for Grid-Scale Floating Wind Turbines

Makai Ocean Engineering, an ocean technology and engineering firm based in Hawaii USA is developing a new mooring an anchoring method for large-scale floating offshore wind turbines. The new methods reduce the cost of offshore renewable energy and deploying the floating wind turbines in areas that would not otherwise be accessibleMakai’s approach involves remotely installing micro piles on the sea floor which are strong enough to secure the floating platforms. Using this method costly equipment and vessels are not required and this dramatically reduces the installation cost.



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