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Floating Offshore Wind Energy

The Next Generation of Wind Energy

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  • © 2016

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Editors:
  1. Joao Cruz

    1. Cruz Atcheson Consulting Engineers, Lisbon, Portugal

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  2. Mairead Atcheson

    1. Cruz Atcheson Consulting Engineers, Lisbon, Portugal

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  • Provides a deep look into the offshore energy technologies
  • Offers practical solutions for new industries
  • Gives an overall perspective of the state of the art of different technologies
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Green Energy and Technology (GREEN)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Looking Back

    • Mairéad Atcheson, Andrew Garrad
    Pages 1-20

  3. The Offshore Environment

    • Lucy Cradden, Pauline Laporte Weywada, Mairéad Atcheson
    Pages 21-85

  4. Overview of Floating Offshore Wind Technologies

    • Andrew Henderson, Maurizio Collu, Marco Masciola
    Pages 87-132

  5. Modelling of Floating Offshore Wind Technologies

    • Denis Matha, Joao Cruz, Marco Masciola, Erin E. Bachynski, Mairéad Atcheson, Andrew J. Goupee et al.
    Pages 133-240

  6. Key Design Considerations

    • James Nichols, Knut O. Ronold, Anne Lene Hopstad
    Pages 241-269

  7. State-of-the-Art

    • Dominique Roddier, Christian Cermelli, Joshua Weinstein, Eirik Byklum, Mairéad Atcheson, Tomoaki Utsunomiya et al.
    Pages 271-331

  8. Looking Forward

    • Johan Sandberg
    Pages 333-340

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 341-341
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About this book

This book provides a state-of-the-art review of floating offshore wind turbines (FOWT). It offers developers a global perspective on floating offshore wind energy conversion technology, documenting the key challenges and practical solutions that this new industry has found to date. Drawing on a wide network of experts, it reviews the conception, early design stages, load & structural analysis and the construction of FOWT. It also presents and discusses data from pioneering projects. Written by experienced professionals from a mix of academia and industry, the content is both practical and visionary. As one of the first titles dedicated to FOWT, it is a must-have for anyone interested in offshore renewable energy conversion technologies.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Cruz Atcheson Consulting Engineers, Lisbon, Portugal

    Joao Cruz, Mairead Atcheson

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Floating Offshore Wind Energy

  • Book Subtitle: The Next Generation of Wind Energy

  • Editors: Joao Cruz, Mairead Atcheson

  • Series Title: Green Energy and Technology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29398-1

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Energy, Energy (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-29396-7Published: 23 August 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-80562-7Published: 22 April 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-29398-1Published: 20 August 2016

  • Series ISSN: 1865-3529

  • Series E-ISSN: 1865-3537

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VII, 341

  • Number of Illustrations: 61 b/w illustrations, 107 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Renewable and Green Energy, Offshore Engineering, Renewable and Green Energy

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