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Review of Floating Offshore Wind Turbines with Shared Mooring Systems

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: The advancement of floating offshore wind energy demands innovative and robust mooring and shared infrastructure solutions to enable scalable, cost-effective deployment of future wind farms. This review provides a comprehensive overview of shared mooring systems for floating offshore wind applications, with a focus on system configurations, environmental load considerations, modelling methods and mooring cost estimations. Existing concepts of shared mooring and shared anchoring are summarized and discussed. Drawing on insights from numerical studies, industrial practices, and academic research, the paper identifies key technical challenges and gaps in current design methodologies, validation requirements, and regulatory frameworks. Recommendations are proposed to guide future research aimed at improving system reliability, optimizing mooring layouts, and lowering the levelized cost of energy for large-scale floating wind projects.

Source: Journal of Marine Science and Engineering

DOI: 10.3390/jmse13122341

Authors: Rafael Striani, Hao Jiang, Marcus Vinicius Biroli, Yanlin Shao, Shan Wang

Institutions: University of Lisbon, Instituto Superior Técnico, Centro de Engenharia e Tecnologia Naval e Oceanica, Technical University of Denmark

Language: English

Topic: Wave and Wind Energy Systems

Subfield: Ocean Engineering

Field: Engineering

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDGs: Affordable and clean energy, Industry, innovation and infrastructure

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $3,137