INDUSTRY EVENT
FOUNDA T ION
MOST MATURE TECHNOLOGY
According to a presentation made by RWE Innogy, the Universal Foundation is seen as the most mature technology of all deeper water foundation concepts.
NEXT STEP
The next major step for Universal Foundation is to secure a full scale demonstrator site for a large turbine in deep waters. This is a challenge facing the whole industry right now and Universal Foundation urge developers, turbine manufacturers and governments to support technology innovation and open up opportunities for test sites if we are going to reach set cost reduction targets.
INVALUABLE LEARNING OPPORTUNITY
Universal Foundation technical conference SUPPORT
The Carbon Trust, together with industry partners Statoil, Statkraft, E.ON and DONG are supporting the next steps to commercialisation of this next generation of WTG foundation, with the trial installation demonstration project which will test the installation of a Universal Foundation suction bucket at a number of sites in the North Sea; proving the technology in a wide range of seabed conditions and also demonstrating the noise-free installation and reverse installation procedure, which allows for complete removal of the foundation.
The two day event held at the Radison Blu Hotel in Hamburg was an invaluable learning opportunity for all involved and is something which Universal Foundation is keen to repeat in due course.
Fred.Olsen
Demonstration by Tor Inge Tjelta, from Statoil
The engineering house Grontmij added that according to results from a large rotor study, the Universal Foundation is well suited for the world’s largest turbines in water depths from 25-55m.w.d.
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