Full Title: Floating Foundations: A Game Changer for Offshore Wind Power
Author(s): IRENA
Publisher(s): International Renewable Energy Agency
Publication Date: December 1, 2016
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Description (excerpt):
Today’s offshore wind turbines, rooted to the seabed by monopile or jacket foundations, are restricted to waters less than 50 metres deep. This rules out sites with the strongest winds and, often, access to big markets. Floating foundations, by eliminating the depth constraint and easing turbine set-up, could open the way for power generation from deeper waters.