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OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE Major re-fits, upgrades and severe damage maintenance on the units can be facilitated onshore by re-floating the GBS and bringing it back to port; replacing immediately with another WTG.
REDUCED LONG TERM COSTS AND RECYCLING
This system will result in the reduction of long-term maintenance cost and will ensure that over time the design life on all components could be maximised in full.
Concrete structures are also benign in sea environments and have a very long design life. However, if required they can be re-floated and returned to port cheaply in order that the WTG and GBS can be economically recycled, leaving no legacy impact on the seabed.
SUSTAINABILITY WITHOUT SUBSIDY GBS technology is almost certainly crucial for the long-term sustainability of wind farm development further offshore and in deep water.
Large wind farm developments could, in the very near future, be commissioned quickly and economically far offshore. They even raise the possibility of green energy without subsidy!
David Bone Ocean Resource
www.oceanresource.co.uk Click to view more info
ABOUT OCEAN RESOURCE
Ocean Resource is skilled in the design and development of Gravity Buoyant Structures (GBS) for Offshore Platforms, Tower Structures and large (4000 tonnes) Oil Field Control Buoys. Ocean Resource-designed GBSs of up to 25,000 tonnes have been operational in the North and Irish Seas for more than twenty years.
www.windenergynetwork.co.uk
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