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OFFSHORE ENERGY

with permission from Statoil ASA, Photo: Øyvind Gravås

THE FUTURE’S FLOATING



Executive Summary

We are at the dawn of a global offshore wind era when floating offshore wind is going to see

tremendous growth rates, especially for first movers and established technology providers

from related fields.

Floating Offshore Wind is on the pathway to become commercially competitive with other

forms of electricity generation and has the potential to also reduce the generation cost of

bottom-fixed offshore wind. This creates a new market with the associated supply chain,

employment and export opportunities from which first movers and those with experience in

related fields such as offshore oil and gas or maritime will benefit most.

Floating Offshore Wind technologies that have been demonstrated need to be developed

further to commercial realisation in pilot and pre-commercial projects. New concepts and

innovations need to be developed further to enable a healthy competition in the market and

to allow the diversification of technologies for different markets to meet with different ambient

conditions.

The local Gross Value Added (GVA) impact of supporting floating offshore wind exceeds the

support that goes into pre-commercial projects: 397 M£ local GVA result from a 351 M£

support for a pre-commercial array. Commercial scale projects create a GVA in excess of 1.7

B£ without the need for any support. Although the GVA of pilot projects will not exceed the

support required, it will still amount to over 60% of the support, and more importantly enable

the supply chain to gain significant experience which can be applied to future export markets.

The cost reductions achievable with floating offshore wind are significant as the technology

will benefit from both cost reductions observed in fixed offshore wind as well as economies of

scale in the production of substructures. Between demonstrator and pilot array projects

Statoil, with the most mature floating offshore wind technology, Hywind, observed a cost

reduction of 70%i, and expects to arrive at LCOE of 40-60€/MWhii by 2030. This is

consistentwith most technology developer’s expectations.

Similar to bottom fixed offshore wind, floating wind has synergies with the Oil and Gas

industry which has been successful in introducing floating technology to the hydrocarbon

sector. There are many technology synergies which could be migrated across from areas such

as design, fabrications and installation of platforms, mooring and anchor systems. Given the

challenging oil and gas sector, floating wind offers a viable parallel market for industry

expertise to be diversified in these challenging times and safeguard UK jobs and in some

areas an export opportunity.

The ability of the UK to leverage its existing expertise from the offshore hydrocarbon sector

has been key in establishing its success as a leader in fixed bottom offshore wind which has

resulted in UK being the global leader in 2018. While countries such as Japan, France and the

United States all have keen interests in developing floating wind, they lack either an

established offshore hydrocarbon sector or an offshore wind industry which in essence may

impede its rate of technology development and in turn its cost reduction potential. Hence in

this lies the global export opportunity for the UK in the export of its knowledge, innovation

and expertise to these nations which could be realised in similar delivery services to that

experience by the UK Oil and Gas Sector.


As a result, the Friends of Floating Offshore Wind believe that the technology and industry

meet the triple test set out as part of the clean growth strategy as it clearly offers carbon

emission reduction potential, a clear cost reduction pathway as well as offering an opportunity

in global export markets.

Based on this, the Friends of Floating Offshore Wind request a strong policy

commitment and the opportunity to discuss establishing a suitable route to market.

Policy Commitment

The Friends of Floating Offshore Wind suggest that, as an industry, we set a target of 1 GW

floating offshore wind by 2025 and 5 GW by 2030 to achieve economies of scale necessary to

become commercially competitive. These capacities would include a range of pilot, pre-

commercial and commercial projects at various stages of development, construction and

operation by the stated dates. This would be a modest contribution to the targets set out by

the entire offshore industry to deliver 30GW by 2030 and 50GW by 2050iii.

To achieve this, we ask the UK Government and devolved administrations to commit to

providing a route to market for floating offshore wind. The certainty of this would give

investors the confidence to invest in project development, diversification of existing products

and services and in development of new products and services.

Route to Market

The Route to Market should include a support system for a limited number of pre-commercial

arrays (e.g. 3x) and pilot projects (e.g. 3x) to enable the development of innovation, without

competing with more mature and established technology in CfD tenders. The shape and form

of the support should be discussed to meet with policy plans and expectations of

taxpayers/rate payers.

One starting point could be the provision of innovation PPAs that allow the direct sale of the

electricity generated from these innovations to commercial consumers which in turn could

receive tax breaks for the support provided (also described in RenewableUK’s consultation

response to the BEIS Green Paper: Building our Industrial Strategy)iv.

The Friends of Floating Offshore Wind also request that floating offshore wind is

fully included and considered in the negotiations for a Sector Deal for offshore wind.



The Principle

Barge

Barge type floating substructures balance

the hydrodynamic and wind turbine loads

against buoyancy of the floater which is

held in place by catenary mooring. As with

all other types, electricity is exported

through a flexible (‘dynamic’) cable that is

interfaced with a static cable on the seabed

or directly with the next turbine location.

Barges are shallow in draft and can be

made from concrete or steel. A first

demonstrator based on this concept is

ready to be commissioned in France, a

second under construction in Japan.

Semi-Submersible

Semi-submersible substructures consist of

several buoyancy tanks that are connected

with horizontal or lattice members thus

providing the buoyancy to balance the

hydrodynamic and wind turbine loads. For

greater compactness, some concepts use

active ballasting. Semi-submersibles are

shallow in draft and can be made from

concrete or steel and are held in place by

catenary moorings. This concept was

demonstrated with the WindFloat project

off Portugal.

Spar

Spar type structures are slender cylindrical

structures which keep the center of

buoyancy over the center of gravity in a

long slender column that offers little

resistance to wave loads thus making a

simple geometry with good stability. Spars

can be made from concrete and steel, are

moored with catenary moorings and can be

constrained by their deep draft. The

Hywind spar concept demonstrator been

operated in Norway and a first pilot project

is operational in Scotland.

Tension Leg

Tension leg substructures are semi-

submerged buoyant structures, anchored

to the seabed with tensioned mooring lines.

The shallow draft and tension stability

allows for a smaller and lighter structure

but increases stresses on the tendon and

anchor system. There are several concepts

under development which have been tank

tested.

Floating offshore wind technologies that have been demonstrated need to be developed

further to commercial realisation in pilot and pre-commercial projects. New concepts and

innovations need to be developed further to enable a healthy competition in the market and

to allow the diversification of technologies for different markets to meet with different ambient

conditions.


Constraint mapping for offshore wind

water depth: yellow: 0-25 m, green: 25-60 m, turquoise:>60m

other seabed uses: planned/exisiting offshore wind farms, oil & gas infrastructure (platforms, pipelines, shipping

routes, environmental protection areas.


The Opportunity

Shortage of offshore space

Areas suitable for the deployment of

offshore wind turbines based on bottom-

fixed foundations are not only constrained

by water depth but also from numerous

other factors: visibility from shore,

fisheries, shipping lanes and -routes,

oil&gas extraction infrastructure etc. With

all these constraints, it will become

increasingly difficult to develop sufficient

generation capacity to meet the ambitions

of the UK.

Cost reduction

Floating Offshore Wind has the potential for

cost reduction and ability to become cost

competitive with other forms of electricity

generation. Additional floating capacity will

make both floating and bottom-fixed

offshore wind cheaper through scale

effects.

Scale effects in terms of capacity per unit

but also in terms of number of units

combined with bottom-fixed offshore wind

are bound to drive cost down. The analysis

by Dutch TKIv to identify the drivers of cost

reduction in offshore wind farms illustrates

that almost all cost reduction factors are

applicable to floating offshore wind.

Floating substructures can go into the

areas with the best wind resource, largely

independent of soil conditions or water

depth. Higher wind resource further out at

sea leads to higher capacity factors and

less time without wind generation- less

need for balancing power which again

reduces the generation cost for the

consumer.

The US Bureau of Ocean Energy

Management modelled the development of

the Levelised Cost of Electricity (LCOE) for

floating offshore wind structures and came

to the conclusion that floating breaks even

with bottom fixed offshore wind around

2027vi.

Between the realisation of the Hywind

Karmøy and Hywind Scotland, Statoil

observed a cost reduction of 70%vii and

expects to arrive at LCOE of 40-60€/MWhviii

by 2030 with the next stage of commercial

deployment of the technology.

Local employment and revenues

The Kincardine project plans to utilise

concrete floating substructures that would

be built in the Kishorn dry dock where 200

jobs will be createdix. Ideol estimates that

for the construction of a 500 MW

commercial scale offshore wind farm based

on concrete substructures, some 2000 jobs

are created for the duration of the

construction works.

Besides direct employment, the additional

generation of jobs and revenues from

suppliers and ancilliary local services have

a significant local impact.

Sector diversification

The UK is uniquely positioned to make use

of its experience as a shipbuilding nation

and from the construction and operation of

oil and gas facilities in the North Sea

Floating offshore wind shares a lot of the

supply chain with offshore oil & gas

exploitation. Growth in floating offshore

wind would bring new, and less volatile,

market opportunities to areas most

affected by the downturn in oil & gas world

market prices and resulting job losses.



Export Opportunities

In their 2017 Energy Outlookx, BP has

stated that renewables will be the fastest-

growing energy source over the next 20

years, with an average annual expansion of

7%, resulting in a quadrupling of supply by

2035. The transition to low-carbon

technologies is progressing around the

world.

Worldwide, governments are looking at the

astonishing rate of cost decrease of

offshore wind electricity generation evident

form the tenders in the last 2 years:

Borssele I-IV (Netherlands), Danish

Nearshore project, German ‘zero subsidy’

tenders and, most recently UK projects at

57.5 £/MWh. In combination with the drive

towards reducing climate gas emissions

following the Paris agreement, these

governments now want to utilise this

carbon-neutral, high capacity factor and

cost-efficient technology around their

coasts, however many countries have only

limited areas of shallow water for this.

Floating offshore wind will open up these

markets and increase the demand for

production capacity of offshore wind adding

to the cost reduction.

taken from: WindEurope Floating Wind Vision

Statementxi

The technical potential above illustrates

that the potential for floating offshore wind

is a multiple of the potential in shallow

waters.

We are at the dawn of a global offshore

wind era when floating offshore wind is

going to see tremendous growth rates,

especially for first movers and established

technology providers from related fields.

In April 2017, Renewable UK published a

report entitled “Export Nation: A Year in UK

Wind, Wave and Tidal Exports.”xii The

report was based on a sample of 36 UK-

based companies who exported goods and

services to 43 countries in 2016. The

contracts ranged in value from £50,000 to

£30 million – typically they were worth

£1m to £5m. Offshore wind contracts were

secured in 18 countries.

The 2016 contracts in offshore wind

highlighted in the Renewable UK report

cover a variety of goods and services,

including:

• Installing offshore wind turbines and

underwater power cables.

• Inspecting and maintaining offshore

wind farms.

• Providing helicopters, crew and vessels

for the offshore wind sector.

• Developing wave and tidal energy

projects and providing components for

the marine energy industry.

• Conducting geological surveys, weather

forecasting, monitoring wildlife.

• Providing financial and legal services.

These services would be of relevance to

floating offshore wind as well, but in

addition to this, the opportunities in the Oil

& Gas supply chain need to be taken into

consideration.

Over the next decade offshore wind is

forecast to bring in substantial investment

into the UKxiii. This will allow UK companies

to build on their current experience and

provide ample opportunities to export

goods and services. A successful UK

floating offshore wind industry will be able

to take advantage of these opportunities,

many of which overlap with fixed base

solutions.


Case Example: Dounreay Trí

Global Energy’s Nigg yard in the Highlands

holds contracts for the majority of fabrication

and final assembly work on the Hexicon

floating substructure that was intended to be

installed at the Dounreay Trí site in

Caithness. Global Energy is an example of

successful diversification from oil & gas to

renewables. Certainty over the development

of floating offshore wind will provide the

confidence required to invest and secure jobs

in an area which is greatly affected by the

downturn in oil & gas world market prices and

European fields coming towards the end of

their lifetime.


Floating means MORE Wind

Offshore wind has seen dramatic drop of

generation cost in the recent European

tender rounds. This has to a large part

become possible by increasing maturity

(building investor confidence and reducing

contingency margins) and increasing scale

of wind turbine capacities to 12-15 MW by

2024xiv.

The size of floating substructures increases

slower than wind turbine capacity/size and

can meet wind turbine capacity increase

without significant additional cost.

Further cost reductions would be driven

largely by the scale factors in industrialised

serial fabrication.

Technical Benefits

Economics of offshore wind farms improve

with scale- this is equally true for floating

and bottom-fixed offshore wind farms. But

with increasing size of wind turbines, there

is a range of problems that lead to

increased cost for bottom-fixed

technologies. In addition to this, there are

several technical benefits that lead to

better acceptance of floating offshore wind.

Installation without heavy-lift

vessels

Fewer large vessels are able to lift 800+ t

nacelles to 120+ m hub height leading to

price increase for installation of 12-15 MW

wind turbines on traditional foundations.

Installation lifts of very large components

are more weather susceptible adding to the

increase of installation cost for next

generation wind turbines.

Most floating concepts can be installed with

cheaper land-based installation cranes,

avoiding the cost of specialist vessels and

which are less weather dependent and

have lower HSE risks.

With several concepts, major component

exchange can be done cheaper at quayside

without specialist lift vessels, smaller loss

of revenue in mobilisation period

Environmental advantages

Drag embedment anchors, suction

anchors, drilled pin piles etc. for moorings

can be installed without noisy piling

operations.

Distance to shore can be chosen to meet

with visual and environmental impact

requirements, independent from water

depth thus increasing acceptance

Clean Growth Strategy Alignment

Floating Offshore Wind is well aligned with

the Clean Growth Strategy, meeting the

triple test set out:

1. Carbon Emission Reduction Potential –

a clean renewable energy source

which can provide improved capacity

factors

2. Clear Cost Reduction Pathway –

proven cost reduction between

demonstrator and pilot array for the

most advanced concept, with clear

routes to further reduction, as well as

the ability to capitalise on the cost

reductions of fixed offshore wind.

3. Global Export Opportunities – The UK

is well placed to benefit from early

experience in the industry and

existing related businesses (oil&gas,

shipbuilding) that can diversify to

delivergoods and services to the

industry worldwide.


Floating Offshore Wind

Ticks the Boxes

“The dramatic reduction in the

cost of offshore wind is an

example of how business

innovation supported through

effective market design and

industrialisation has helped us

build an industry. With the move

into development of larger Round

3 projects and the prospect of

Round 4 being reviewed by The

Crown Estates it is imperative that

the UK continues to build on its

foundations of industry success to

fully capitalise on this growing

industrialisation drive, innovation

and fully realise its export

potential and expand its national

growth further.”


The objective of the Industrial Strategy is

to set out a long-term plan to boost the

productivity and earning power of people

throughout the UK, i.e. building a Britain fit

for the future in creating better, higher-

paying jobs in every part of the UK with

investment in the skills, industries and

infrastructure of the future. The

government has identified 5 foundations

that a sector deal will require to align their

vision for a transformed economy:

• Ideas: the world’s most innovative

economy

• People: good jobs and greater

earning power for all

• Infrastructure: a major upgrade to

the UK’s infrastructure

• Business Environment: the best

place to start and grow a business

• Places: prosperous communities

across the UK

Ideas: Floating offshore wind is

innovative. Further investment in building

this innovative industry is required to

reduce cost and build investor confidence.

Global export opportunities and local

supply chain development pay off this

investment. Offshore wind generation cost

falls and floating offshore wind generation

will fall faster than bottom-fixed offshore

wind generation. This leads to affordable,

clean electricity. In the UK and globally.

People: The basics are there: maritime

competence and suppliers to the oil & gas

sector, both related with floating offshore

wind. Combine the capabilities with an

innovation and the result is a world-leading

sector offering good jobs at good wages.

This needs to be founded on a series of pre-

commercial projects and a visibility

towards a strategy to build commercial

scale floating offshore wind projects in UK

waters.

Infrastructure: Ports and supply chain

infrastructure would be improved in the

course of realisation of pre-commercial and

commercial floating offshore wind projects.

General infrastructure improvements

further support the revitalisation of

deprived areas.

Business Environment: New businesses

and branches are given a perspective to

develop into a new industry that has global

growth potential. What is needed now is

clear signals and a policy that shows the

path towards commercialisation of the

technology. Offshore wind as well as

oil&gas businesses are international

industries. Investors in large scale

generation assets are international. The

development of a floating offshore wind

industry would lead to increased inward

investment and more international trade.

Places: From ports in remote areas to

suppliers based in industrial areas to

investors based in London: floating

offshore wind provides the opportunity to

create growth across the whole country.

With a route to market for Floating

Offshore Wind, there is an opportunity for

the UK offshore wind industry to utilise the

Industrial Strategy to capitalise on the UK’s

leading knowledge and experience in

floating development, continue to drive

innovation and develop a roadmap to drive

toward commercialisation of Floating

Offshore Wind which in turn would allow

the industry to further diversify and expand

the UK’s supply chain, create local jobs

and open up a further potential export to

emerging markets such as North America

and Asia.


Pilot Project Pre-Commercial

Array Commercial

Project

Project Outline

Year 2017 2022 2025

WTG Size [MW] 6 8 15

No WTGs 5 12 50

Lifetime [yrs] 20 25 30

Subsidy Duration [yrs] 15 15 15

Total Capacity [MW] 30 96 750

Distance From Shore [nm] 9 25 40

Water Depth [m] 80 100 120

Spend

CAPEX [M£] 200 540 2,207

OPEX total [M£] 65 198 1,039

Weighted average cost of capital 10% 6% 3%

Capacity Factor 0.48 0.48 0.48

Annual Power Production (MWh) 126,144 403,661 3,153,600

Generation cost [£/MWh] 170.0 110.0 55.0

Average Market Price [£/MWh] 50.0 52.1 56.0

Subsidy Rate Required [£/MWh] 120.0 57.9 -1.0

Total Subsidy over project [M£] 227 351 -47 The project scenarios assumed for the calculation of local Gross Value Added of pilot projects, pre-

commercial arrays and commercial floating offshore wind projects. Costs taken from publicly available

project figures and through agreement between FOFOW members. Average market prices are taken

from National Grid’s Future Energy Scenarios 2017 tables.


Socio-economic effects

To show the added value in the realisation of floating offshore wind farms in the UK and in

the provision of a route to market, the local Gross Value Added (GVA) can be used as an

indicator. This section describes the calculation of the local Gross Value Added (GVA) for a

pilot project of 30 MW, a pre-commercial array of 96 MW and a commercial project of 750

MW capacity following an independently reviewed methodology. The calculations are not

intended to suggest an exact return in exchange for support, but rather outline the potential.

For the pilot project, it was assumed that

five 6 MW wind turbines would be used

giving a total capacity of 30 MW. For a pre-

commercial array, the number of units

would increase to 12 and the respective

capacity would reflect state of the art in

current machine technology at 8 MW giving

a total capacity of 96 MW. The commercial

array would consist of 50 units at a capacity

of 15 MW which is generally expected to be

state of the art around 2025.

The required feed-in remuneration was

calculated to be 170 £/MWh for the pilot

project, 100-120 £/MWh for the pre-

commercial array and 55 £/MWh for the

commercial scale project. With these

assumptions, the cumulated difference

between generation cost and projected

market rates would be 227 M£, 351 M£ and

-47 M£ for the total lifetime of the project

on the cost side respectively.

To calculate the GVA from the CAPEX and

OPEX, the methodology proposed by the

Crown Estate publicationxv was applied: In

a first stage the CAPEX and OPEX

expenditures are broken down in activities

or components which are then associated

with SIC codes (Standard Industrial

Classification as defined by the UK Office

for National Statistics).

For each SIC code, GVA Effect multipliers

have been collected from most recent

Scottish government statisticsxvi. Not every

SIC code has a multiplier calculated for it,

in that case the best fit SIC with a GVA

multiplier was considered.

In the final step, the local content share of

the respective expenditures was selected.

It should be noted that the local content

share is significantly higher than for

bottom-fixed offshore wind farms for the

components which share the supply chain

with the offshore oil & gas industry:

platform manufacture, mooring systems,

umbilicals/dynamic cables and installation

activities. The tables in Appendix A make

the approach and the individual values

transparent.

As a result, 142 M£ GVA result from a 227

M£ support for a pilot project. The pre-

commercial array would lead to GVA

generation of 398 M£ against a support of

351 M£ and commercial projects create a

GVA of over 1.7B£ without the need for

support.

Commercial scale projects realised outside

UK coastal waters, would create an influx

of revenue through the export of goods and

services which have been qualified in the

course of the realisation of the pilot and

pre-commercial projects in UK.

Local Impact- Global Leadership

As can be seen from the results of the

socio-economic calculations, the local GVA

impact of supporting floating offshore wind

exceeds the support that goes into the pilot

arrays or pre-commercial projects. This is

no surprise for an industrial country where

local supply chain can be mobilised by

diversification from other industries. Even

with projects outside UK territorial waters,

there would be significant local GVA

impacts from specialist services and a

developed supply chain for this new

industry


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Case Example: Kishorn Dry Dock

In preparation of the construction of

substructures for floating offshore wind

projects in Scotland, the dry dock has

been refurbished after being out of use for

23 years. It is expected that 22 direct jobs

are created in the construction works and

additional employment would be created

in the on-site quarry which is being

operated by supplier Leith. Wester Ross is

an area with little industry and

employment opportunities, therefore, this

is already an improvement to the area.

Visibility over long term strategy may lead

to establishment of additional supply chain

businesses in the area, infrastructure

improvements and greater wealth from

well-paid jobs.


What Innovation Needs

TRL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Basic

Priciples

Observed

Technology

Concept

Formulated

Experi-

mental

Proof of

Concept

Technology

Validation

in Lab

Technical

Validation in

Relevant

Environment

Demon-

stration in

Relevant

Environment

Demon-

stration in

Operational

Environment

Pilot

Project

Commercial

Deployment

Standard innovation cycles apply to

floating offshore wind as well: from

inception to feasibility studies, to scale

model tests and on to demonstration

projects and pilot projects until they arrive

at commercial scale deployments. The

diagram above describes this process and

the definitions of Technology Readiness

Level (TRL) as it was developed by NASA:

Currently, several concepts have already

reached the level of scaled tests in wave

tanks or offshore sites (TRL 4-5) and are

moving towards the next step of full scale

demonstrators (TRL 7). A few concepts

have passed the demonstrator stage and

are now looking for pilot and pre-

commercial projects (TRL 8) to become

acceptable for investors and lenders in

commercial projects. Beyond the stage of

pilot projects, concepts need to prove

themselves in a commercial environment

(TRL 9).

For the demonstration or proof of concept

stage concepts needs to be realised in a

single unit with wind turbines of sufficient

size to exert representative loads during

representative environmental conditions

over a duration of 1-3 years.

In the pilot and pre-commercial stage, the

main objective is to prove the commercial

side of the concept and to bridge the gap

between demonstrator stage and full scale

commercial deployment to achieve the

confidence of investors and lenders. This

would typically be done with full scale,

state of the art wind turbines over the full

design life of the wind turbines and

typically in a small project of 5-12 units i.e.

a capacity between 25 and 96 MW.

Route to Market: Innovation PPAs

To bridge the gap between demonstration (TRL7) and early stage commercial deployment (TRL9) of

floating offshore wind substructures is a mechanism that works outside the current subsidy regime

with established technologies that are already applied in large numbers and at great scale. For this,

we propose to the UK Government to consider the introduction of Innovation Power Purchase

Agreements (IPPA).

As outlined by Renewable UK in their open response to the consultation on the BEIS Industry Strategy

Green Paper, we agree that the US Production Tax Credit model could be adapted towards an

Innovation PPA where cutting-edge technologies will compete for support via sales of electricity from

companies wanting to support innovation. In this mode, buyers of energy from innovative energy

technologies will receive an inflation-adjusted kWh tax credit at government-set levels that are in

excess of market rates. This would provide a limited support mechanism delivered outside of the Levy

Control Framework (or its successor) which will provide one route to supporting full scale floating

offshore wind demonstrators without additional cost to the electricity consumer. This, with a further

bridging mechanism (also as described by Renewable UK) will enable floating offshore wind to reach

the commercial maturity required to deploy at scale and provide competitive low-cost energy.


Case Example: Hywind Scotland

The first pre-commercial floating wind turbine

array in UK waters brought contracts for

specialist services to the region: Balfour Beattie-

electrical onshore (Aberdeenshire), Saipem –

heavy lifts, Xodus – EIA, Global Energy Group –

suction anchors at Isleburn yards/Highlands.

Although significant parts of the supply came

from abroad, this underlines that there are

specialist services based in UK that have the

potential to compete in a global environment.

Such specialist services can be developed

further and exported if there is visibility of a long

term strategy in this industry. A lack of such a

vision would lead to more services going to

contractors abroad.


Policy Recommendations

A development of a new industrial sector requires two things: clear policy commitment and

transparent support mechanisms along the route to market.

Policy Commitment

The Friends of Floating Offshore Wind

suggest that, as an industry, we set a

target of 1 GW floating offshore wind by

2025 and 5 GW by 2030 to achieve

economies of scale necessary to become

commercially competitive. We ask that UK

Government and the devolved

administrations support this ambition by

committing to providing a route to market.

The certainty of this would give investors

the confidence to invest in project

development, diversification of existing

products and services and in development

of new products and services.

Route to Market

For the Route to Market, a support system

for a limited number of pre-commercial

arrays (e.g. 3 x) and pilot projects (e.g. 3

x) should be established to enable the

development of innovation outside

competing with more mature, established

technologies in CfD tenders. The shape and

form of the support should be discussed to

meet with policy plans and expectations of

taxpayers/rate payers.

In addition, we ask that consideration is

given to ensuring a route to market

through development activities, including

appropriate consenting mechanisms (e.g.

Survey, Deploy & Monitor) and leasing

rounds including floating offshore wind.

One starting point could be the provision of

innovation PPAs that allow the direct sale

of the electricity generated from these

innovations to commercial consumers

which in turn could receive tax breaks for

the support provided (also described in

RenewableUK’s consultation response to

the BEIS Green Paper: Building our

Industrial Strategy)xvii.

The Friends of Floating Offshore Wind also

request that floating offshore wind is fully

included and considered in the negotiations

for a Sector Deal for offshore wind.

What is the consequence of not

pursuing this option?

Following observations from offshore wind

supply chain reactions under policy

uncertainty in other legislations, it is safe

to assume that only small parts of the UK

supply chain would be able to survive the

wait until the technology is coming back to

the UK to be deployed at commercial scale.

Meanwhile other nations such as Norway

and France are supporting pilot projects

and pre-commercial arrays or prepare the

launch of tender rounds for large

commercial projects at GW scale.

If the technology would not be established

in the UK, there would be:

- No generation of new jobs

- Existing jobs in old technologies

would fall away

- No regeneration of costal /

industrial areas

- Additional cost in social welfare

systems

- No additional tax revenue

- Supply chain for export and UK

projects is not established/

qualified, further commercial scale

projects at GW scale generate no

local (tax) revenue

A development opportunity would be

missed.


Appendix A – GVA Calculations

In order to assess the potential economic impact three scenarios are considered: a

pilot array project (30MW), a pre-commercial array (96MW) and a commercial

array project (750MW). Initially the Capital Expenditure (CAPEX) and Operational

Expenditure (OPEX) for the projects were broken down to the relevant categories of

work involved in developing, constructing and operating an offshore wind farm.

The activity categories were then assigned the most relevant SIC (Standard

Industrial Classification) code. This was done as The Scottish Government publishes

a list of GVA (Gross Value Added) multipliers for each SIC code, showing the total

GVA effect of money spent in each industrial category.

These multipliers were used to assess the total economic impact of the projects by

GVA as shown in the table below.

Pilot Array

Pre Commercial

Array Commercial Array

200,000,000£ 540,000,000£ 2,207,000,000£

65,000,000£ 198,000,000£ 1,039,000,000£

Applications and Consenting 1,000,000£ 2,700,000£ 11,035,000£

MetOcean Data and Monitoring 1,000,000£ 2,700,000£ 11,035,000£

Environmental Surveys 2,000,000£ 5,400,000£ 22,070,000£

Physical Surveys 2,000,000£ 5,400,000£ 22,070,000£

Design and Feasibility 2,000,000£ 5,400,000£ 22,070,000£

Platform Manufacture 70,000,000£ 189,000,000£ 772,450,000£

Control System 6,000,000£ 16,200,000£ 66,210,000£

WTG 30,000,000£ 81,000,000£ 331,050,000£

Moorings 10,000,000£ 27,000,000£ 110,350,000£

Onshore Infrastructure 6,000,000£ 16,200,000£ 66,210,000£

Electrical Equipment 8,000,000£ 21,600,000£ 88,280,000£

Cabling 20,000,000£ 54,000,000£ 220,700,000£

Installation of Moorings 10,000,000£ 27,000,000£ 110,350,000£

Installation of Platform 10,000,000£ 27,000,000£ 110,350,000£

Installation of Cables 14,000,000£ 37,800,000£ 154,490,000£

Port Services 8,000,000£ 21,600,000£ 88,280,000£

Land Related 6,500,000£ 19,800,000£ 103,900,000£

Insurance 13,000,000£ 39,600,000£ 207,800,000£

Grid Charges 13,000,000£ 39,600,000£ 207,800,000£

Maintenance 22,750,000£ 69,300,000£ 363,650,000£

Operation 9,750,000£ 29,700,000£ 155,850,000£

100% 100% 265,000,000£ 738,000,000£ 3,246,000,000£

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each activity, which when multiplied by the total GVA provides the contribution of

the projects to the UK economy. This can then be compared to the cost of

subsidising the project in the UK.

Pilot Array

Pre Commercial


SIC CodeGVA

Effect

Applications and Consenting 74 1 1,000,000£ 2,700,000£ 11,035,000£

MetOcean Data and Monitoring 74 1 1,000,000£ 2,700,000£ 11,035,000£

Environmental Surveys 74 1 2,000,000£ 5,400,000£ 22,070,000£

Physical Surveys 71 0.9 1,800,000£ 4,860,000£ 19,863,000£

Design and Feasibility 71 0.9 1,800,000£ 4,860,000£ 19,863,000£

Platform Manufacture 25.9 0.8 56,000,000£ 151,200,000£ 617,960,000£

Control System 26.1 0.7 4,200,000£ 11,340,000£ 46,347,000£

WTG 28.1 0.7 21,000,000£ 56,700,000£ 231,735,000£

Moorings 25.1 0.8 8,000,000£ 21,600,000£ 88,280,000£

Onshore Infrastructure 71 0.9 5,400,000£ 14,580,000£ 59,589,000£

Electrical Equipment 26.1 0.7 5,600,000£ 15,120,000£ 61,796,000£

Cabling 27.3 0.7 14,000,000£ 37,800,000£ 154,490,000£

Installation of Moorings 41/42/43 0.8 8,000,000£ 21,600,000£ 88,280,000£

Installation of Platform 41/42/43 0.8 8,000,000£ 21,600,000£ 88,280,000£

Installation of Cables 41/42/43 0.8 11,200,000£ 30,240,000£ 123,592,000£

Port Services 52 0.9 7,200,000£ 19,440,000£ 79,452,000£

Land Related 77.3 0.8 5,200,000£ 15,840,000£ 83,120,000£

Insurance 65 0.7 9,100,000£ 27,720,000£ 145,460,000£

Grid Charges 35.1 0.6 7,800,000£ 23,760,000£ 124,680,000£

Maintenance 41/42/43 0.8 18,200,000£ 55,440,000£ 290,920,000£

Operation 71 0.9 8,775,000£ 26,730,000£ 140,265,000£

205,275,000£ 571,230,000£ 2,508,112,000£

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Applications and Consenting 1,000,000£ 2,700,000£ 11,035,000£

MetOcean Data and Monitoring 900,000£ 2,430,000£ 9,931,500£

Environmental Surveys 1,600,000£ 4,320,000£ 17,656,000£

Physical Surveys 1,080,000£ 2,916,000£ 11,917,800£

Design and Feasibility 1,260,000£ 3,402,000£ 13,904,100£

Platform Manufacture 42,000,000£ 113,400,000£ 463,470,000£

Control System 2,520,000£ 6,804,000£ 27,808,200£

WTG 7,350,000£ 19,845,000£ 81,107,250£

Moorings 6,400,000£ 17,280,000£ 70,624,000£

Onshore Infrastructure 4,320,000£ 11,664,000£ 47,671,200£

Electrical Equipment 2,800,000£ 7,560,000£ 30,898,000£

Cabling 8,400,000£ 22,680,000£ 92,694,000£

Installation of Moorings 5,600,000£ 15,120,000£ 61,796,000£

Installation of Platform 5,600,000£ 15,120,000£ 61,796,000£

Installation of Cables 7,280,000£ 19,656,000£ 80,334,800£

Port Services 7,200,000£ 19,440,000£ 79,452,000£

Land Related 5,200,000£ 15,840,000£ 83,120,000£

Insurance 4,550,000£ 13,860,000£ 72,730,000£

Grid Charges 7,800,000£ 23,760,000£ 124,680,000£

Maintenance 12,740,000£ 38,808,000£ 203,644,000£

Operation 7,020,000£ 21,384,000£ 112,212,000£

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Friends of Floating Offshore Wind


Friends of Floating Offshore Wind are a representative group of companies

with deep insights and strong interest in

the development of the floating offshore

wind market to create a route to market for

floating offshore wind which enables

commercialisation of the technology.

Members consist of technology developers,

project developers, engineering

consultants, suppliers and contractors.

The organisation is directed by an elected

committee of four of its members, (a Chair

and three supporting co chairs) who lead

activities on behalf of its members. The

organisation does not operate under a

member’s fees basic but on a voluntary

support structure which relies on its

members ongoing commitment and

support.

Our Vision

The Friends of Floating Offshore Wind are

confident that:

• Floating offshore wind will become a

cost-competitive form of low-carbon

electricity generation comparable with

other forms of Renewables Energy;

• Floating offshore wind reduces the

environmental impact of electricity

generation from offshore wind;

• Floating offshore wind will contribute to

the security of electricity supply with

greater capacity;

• Floating offshore wind offers

unparalleled opportunities for local

supply chain business opportunities and

creation of local jobs;

• The UK / Scotland is uniquely positioned

to make use of its experience as a

shipbuilding nation and from the

construction and operation of oil & gas

facilities in the North Sea;

• Floating offshore wind could facilitate

the conversion of offshore oil & gas skills

and services with reduced impact on

jobs and businesses;

• The components and services associated

with floating offshore wind will be

required in applications all over the

world to supply low-carbon electricity to

counties with sufficient water depths

creating export and revenue

opportunities in those countries where

the technology and supply chain has

been established first.

Our Objectives

➢ raise the profile of floating offshore

wind,

➢ define the support requirements

➢ commercialisation of the floating wind

industry

There are common challenges faced by

floating offshore wind which need to be

overcome similar to those experienced by

Fixed Offshore Wind in its early days.

Overcoming these hurdles will be

instrumental in ensuring the success on the

road to commercialisation.

The role of FFOW is to identify these

challenges and suggest initiatives and

mechanisms that will address them to

facilitate the rapid commercialisation of

floating wind. The intention is that floating

wind competes on an equal footing with

other low carbon sources of electricity

generation.


Who are we?

Driven by our purpose of safeguarding

life, property and the environment,

DNV GL enables organizations to

advance the safety and sustainability

of their business. We provide

classification, technical assurance,

software and independent expert

advisory services to the maritime,

oil & gas and energy industries. We

also provide certification services to

customers across a wide range of

industries.

Combining leading technical and

operational expertise, risk

methodology and in-depth industry

knowledge, we empower our

customers’ decisions and actions with

trust and confidence. We

continuously invest in research and

collaborative innovation to provide

customers and society with

operational and technological

foresight. With origins stretching back

to 1864, DNV GL's reach today is

global. Operating in more than 100

countries, our experts are dedicated to

helping customers make the world

safer, smarter and greener.

Our Solution….

In the energy industry DNV GL

delivers world-renowned testing and

advisory services to the energy value

chain including renewables and

energy efficiency. Our expertise spans

onshore and offshore wind power,

solar, conventional generation,

transmission and distribution, smart

grids, and sustainable energy use, as

well as energy markets and

regulations. Our energy experts

support customers around the globe in

delivering a safe, reliable, efficient,

and sustainable energy supply.

We have for many years supported the

Floating Offshore Wind industry, from

the development of technical

standards to certification and advisory

services. DNV GL is committed to the

development of Floating Offshore

Wind and provides support to the

many various industry stakeholders.


Who are we?

Ideol, based in La Ciotat (France), was

created in 2010 with the aim of

developing both technically and

economically viable floating foun-

dation solutions for the offshore wind

industry. Benefiting from the

experience and know-how of a fully

integrated team of over 60 experts

and engineers coming from the

offshore oil & gas and renewables

industries, the company is currently

working on several projects across the

globe including the EU-funded 2 MW

demonstrator off the Brittany coast

(the FLOATGEN project inaugurated in

October 2017), Japan’s last floating

offshore wind demonstrator scheduled

for commissioning in 2018, the French

Mediterranean’s first floating offshore

wind farm as well as a pipeline of commercial-scale projects in and outside of Europe,

positioning Ideol as a leader in this booming

market.

Our Solution….

➢ An industry-transforming and patented “Damping Pool®” design manufacturable both in steel or

concrete; concrete being substantially more cost-efficient in

most geographies. ➢ The highest level of direct local

employment (2000+ construction

jobs for a 500 MW wind farm) of any floating technology with a proven track-record of high local

supply-chain integration for all other components and services.

➢ Compatible with all existing

offshore wind turbines and by far the most compact (and thus easily buildable and launchable) when

fitted with tomorrow’s XXL offshore wind turbines.

➢ Does not require major investments

in new shipyard or harbour infrastructures

➢ The most cost-competitive and

versatile solution, allowing for the development of projects in shallow waters (30m+) confronted with

poor seabed conditions.


Who are we?

GICON is an incorporated group of independent engineering and consulting companies. The group operates under the registered trademark GICON®. GICON’s headquarter is in Dresden, Germany. Office locations throughout Germany provide services close to our German clients. Beyond Germany, GICON is also engaged internationally and has offices in various European and Asian locations as well as in the Americas. Services provided by the GICON group are consulting & engineering, research and development and plant construction. Consulting & engineering is provided in the areas of business system planning, environmental / permit applications, energy technology, soil and water management, and technical IT for a variety of industrial sectors. In cooperation with many national and international research institutes, comprehensive research services are provided to ensure the necessary innovation for GICON as well as for our customers and to be involved in setting state of the art technology standards. The spectrum extends up to our own technology developments. Being involved in the development and engineering of more than 30 GW offshore and onshore wind farms GICON has a broad experience in this field.

Our Solution….

GICON’s tension leg platform development

provides a floating substructure (for offshore wind

turbines which can be deployed in water depths of

50-350 meters (6-10MW wind turbines) while

achieving LCOE (Levelized Cost of Energy) below

10€cent/kWh. This makes GICON one of the global

development leaders for floating offshore wind

substructures. The R&D project started in 2009 and

includes renowned partners such as TU

Bergakademie Freiberg (Freiberg Technical

University and Mining Academy), Rostock

University and Fraunhofer IWES. Based on

extensive and successfully conducted tank tests.

One main focus of GICON is on the flexibility within

the supply chain to reduce significantly the CAPEX

for the TLP. Especially with regard to this, the

modularity of the substructure - assembled out of

steel reinforced ultra-high performance concrete

pipes and cased steel nodes – is very high; a

reduction of the LCOE down to 5€cent/kWh could

be achieved.


Who are we?

SBM Offshore is a leading global contractor,

providing floating production solutions and

mooring systems to the offshore energy

industry, over the full product life-cycle. The

company is recognized in the industry as a

key technology pioneer. Our main activities

are the design, supply, installation, operation

and the life extension of Floating Production,

Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessels. This

extensive experience is being leveraged for

the Company’s Renewable Energy solutions,

which we have been developing for more

than a decade now.

At present our main focus in the domain of

Renewable Energy is on solutions for floating

wind and wave energy conversion.

Our Solution….

An innovative floating structure that

addresses the specific requirements and

constraints of offshore wind turbines, in

particular:

Exceptional Performance with limited nacelle

motions & light weight, and a solution

designed for industrialization with a flexible

and supply chain based fabrication /

assembly through modularity

SBM Offshore has been selected by EDF

Energies Nouvelles to provide its proprietary

floating wind solution (supporting 8 MW

wind turbines) for a pilot project to be

installed in the Mediterranean Sea.


Who are we?

• The world’s leading marine renewable energy developer

• Owner and developer of the world’s first commercial scale tidal array - MeyGen

• Currently 40+ UK based FTEs and further plans for expansion

• Global presence with offices projects throughout Europe, Canada, Singapore, India, China and Indonesia.

• Supply of marine power generation, fixation and subsea power equipment worldwide

• Project management, funding, engineering delivery of early commercial marine energy systems.

Our Solution….

• Development, funding and realisation of offshore energy projects

• Clear transfer of labour, facilities and knowledge from the depressed North Sea oil and gas sector

• The ability to bring together commercial and innovation funding to de-risk and deliver early commercial projects.

• Long term lease secured at Nigg Energy Park for 1800m2 turbine assembly facility


Who are we?

Floating Power Plant (FPP) are the developer of

a platform for floating offshore wind turbines

which integrates wave energy convertors into

the system.

FPP have over 2 years of offshore experience

with their P37 R&D platform which is the only

wind and wave hybrid platform to have

delivered compliant power to the grid.

The company has offices in Scotland, Denmark

and Norway with a dedicated team of

engineering and project managers working with

industrial partners, who bring a wealth of

relevant industry experience to the

development of the technology.

FPP are currently involved in three projects in

the UK and Ireland which are in the early stages

of development and will utilise FPP’s full scale

system, the P80.

Our Solution….

• Comprises concepts from the offshore wind and oil and gas industries to deliver a highly stable platform

• Is constructed in existing local shipyard and port facilities, with its modular design and the use of existing components providing further opportunity for high levels of local content

• Provides a low cost of energy solution in areas inaccessible or operationally challenging to other foundation solutions.

• Is easy to install with small, cost effective vessels while the wave absorbers create an offshore harbour, improving safety and accessibility for routine maintenance.

• Integrates the latest commercially available wind turbines, currently up to 8MW, with between 2 and 3.6MW of wave energy capacity depending on the site resource


Who are we?

Founded in 1958, Glosten is a 100 person Naval

Architecture and Marine Engineering consultancy

based in Seattle, USA, specializing in the design of

unique, complex floating vessels and platforms

for the marine industry. We conceived the

PelaStar tension-leg platform (TLP) floating

offshore wind foundation in 2006, and have since

developed the technology with the support of

Carbon Trust (2009), US Department of Energy

(2011) and the Energy Technologies Institute (ETI)

(2012-2015).

Our Solution…

• is a highly advanced tension leg platform design with a completed front-end engineering design integrated with a 6MW turbine for a UK demonstration project.

• employs a centralized buoyancy, 5-arm, synthetic tendon design that is optimized, light weight, cost-effective and robust.

• has a minimal seabed footprint due to its vertical anchor tendons, reducing consenting issues and mooring leg length.

• provides a low-motion foundation that imposes no heave, pitch or roll accelerations on the turbine.

• has received more 3rd party review than any other TLP concept.

• has the lowest utility scale cost of energy among floating solutions.

• is installed using methods that capitalize on the existing bottom-fixed installation experience, migrating from shallower to deeper waters.


Who are we?

Fugro GeoServices Ltd is a world leading marine

foundation and drilling contractor, providing

innovative marine engineering and geotechnical

solutions for the most challenging and complex

problems.Our extensive history in successfully

designing and developing innovative foundation

engineering & installation solutions means we

fully understand our client’s challenges and risks.

Our record is consistently pushing boundaries in

the installation of seabed foundations, the

recent completion of the Great Western Flank

Phase 2 project in Australia is testament to that

with the installation of twenty four (24no) 2m

diameter drilled piles in 120m of water from a

conventional vessel. This new application of

proven technology puts us at the forefront of

cost effective anchor pile installations from

vessels for the floating Offshore Wind

Market.Please contact us to learn more of our

exclusive experience in foundation design

installations.

Our Solution….

Our record is consistently pushing boundaries

in the installation of seabed foundations

market, the recent completion of the Great

Western Flank Phase 2 project in Australia is

testament to that with the installation of

twenty four (24no) 2m diameter drilled piles

in 120m of water from a floating vessel.

This new application of proven technology

puts us at the forefront of cost effective

anchor pile installations from vessels for the

floating Offshore Wind Market.

Please contact us to learn more of our

exclusive experience in foundation design

installations.


Who are we?

BAM Nuttall, established in 1865, is a leading

edge UK supplier of civil engineering services

and is fully focused on delivering quality

infrastructure projects on behalf of all our

customers.

As part of the Royal BAM Group, we operate

in various civil engineering sectors, including

Maritime & Waterways, Rail, Highways,

Energy, Aviation, Defence, Geotechnical,

Remediation and Water.

Recent projects include, Blyth Gravity Base

Foundations for Offshore Wind, Crossrail

Tunnels, Olympic Park Demolition,

Remediation and Legacy Works, Borders

Railway, Managed Motorways and Leeds

Flood Alleviation Scheme.

Refer to www.bamnuttall.co.uk for further

information.

Our Solution….

We have developed a floating reinforced

concrete gravity base foundation (GBF) which

is submerged to form a fixed foundation.

GBFs are effective in water depths of 35m-

60m. Generally, floating solutions are

effective in water depths of 60m+. We see

the two solutions as complementary.

With the lessons learned and skills gained

manufacturing these bases we are offering

our advisory and construction services to

current developers of floating solutions.

http://www.bamnuttall.co.uk/


Who are we?

InterMoor is an integrated Marine Services

Contractor with the largest mooring

equipment rental fleet worldwide. Our expert

services team comprises Marine, Engineering

and Survey disciplines which, supported by our

asset inventory, provides an unrivalled project

capability. In addition to marine equipment

rental and sales we provide mooring integrity

management services including chain

inspection and in-house development of long

term mooring (LTM) components. Involved in

over 50 floating asset moves a year and with a

track record second to none, InterMoor UK is

the market leader in marine offshore services

and ensure that we continue to deliver a

premium service in a highly demanding

industry.

InterMoor UK’s Projects department have

successfully installed or replaced permanent

mooring systems for FPSOs around the globe

as well as providing integrity management

services to clients

Our Solution….

➢ An industry leading turnkey solutions provider.

➢ Expert Marine Services contractor focused on providing the most cost efficient, safe and viable solution to our clients

➢ Offering a Balance of Plant contractor service, giving the client a single contract solution

➢ Offering the developer the practical knowledge and assistance with the development of any floating offshore unit with a focus on installation and mooring.

➢ The most cost effective solutions provider offering a single point of contact throughout the contract duration, ensuring all InterMoor services are delivered on schedule.


Who are we?

Atkins is a multidiscipline engineering consultancy

with over 40 years offshore engineering experience

in both hydrocarbon and renewable energy

projects. We provide robust engineering designs

(Fixed & Floating) and owners’ engineer services in

the renewables energy sector, as well as technical

advice on emerging clean energy technologies. Our

experience ranges from project development from

early inception, design (concept, FEED and

detailed) through to ongoing integrity

management and safety and reliability assessment

and decommissioning.

Atkins is passionate about Floating Wind

development and has been involved with

developers and technology providers on innovative

projects such as Windfloat WF1 (Portugal),

Windfloat (Various Projects Pacific & Japan),

Kincardine (UK), Dounreay Tri (UK) , Aqua Ventus

(USA). We also have been worked with Hywind on

the development of the Atkins Spar Transport

Frame (ASTF).

Our Solution….

Atkins provide whole life cycle technical services

from project inception, concept development

and design services through to integrity

management and decommissioning including:

• Project Development Services,

• Owner Engineer/ EPCM services,

• Consenting/Permitting

• Stakeholder Engagement

• Independent design

• Technical services, including Naval

architecture, Structural, Electrical,

Environmental, Geotechnical,

Infrastructure.

• Safety


Who are we?

BMT is a leading international design, engineering,

science and risk management consultancy with a

reputation for engineering excellence. With

around 1,500 professionals located in 66 offices in

Europe, Asia and the Americas we draw upon a

wide range of experience and expertise to provide

high-quality, high-value products and services.

BMT's combination of intellectual rigour and

commercial insight has helped us to play an

important and increasing role in industries as

diverse as oil and gas, defence, renewable energy,

ports, civil infrastructure, risk management and

maritime transport.

Our experience and knowledge of metocean

forecasting and data collection combined with

marine engineering, hydrodynamics and

aerodynamics gives us a unique capacity to

contribute to improved safety, reliability,

performance and economics of all types of

offshore marine assets.

Our Solution….

Marine Environment:

BMT provides comprehensive metocean information and forecasts drawing on state-of-the-art capabilities in data collection, data management, data analysis, numerical modelling and forecasting.

Marine Integrity Monitoring:

Structural and marine monitoring systems for moored offshore structures include data hosting, management and technical analysis.

Motions & Moorings:

Our experience and knowledge of naval architecture, marine engineering, hydrodynamics and aerodynamics gives us a unique capacity to understand the loads and motions of floating, semi-submersible and submerged structures and their moorings, risers and cables.

Tow Out:

BMT provides risk-free, accurate and reliable simulations of ship-handling, manoeuvrability and mooring to aid design, planning and crew training.

Marine Growth:

Marine growth over time can greatly affect the loads on structures and moorings. BMT has extensive experience assessing the likely marine growth and the effect on loads and motions.


Who are we?

Founded in 2009, Hexicon is an independent

design & engineering company based in Sweden

developing multi-turbine floating foundations and

projects for such use. The first generation of the

Hexicon multi-turbine semi-submersible platform

is triangular shaped and hosts two 5 MW WTGs. In

late 2014, Hexicon initiated the Dounreay Tri

Project off the Scottish northern coast aimed at

deploying a single Hexicon platform

Our Solution….

• is a triangular shaped semi-submersible steel foundation suitable to host two large scale wind turbines.

• has for the Dounreay Tri Project fabrication drawings in place for the foundation hosting two 5 MW turbines.

• utilizes a single point mooring system attached to the platform through a turret enabling the complete platform to weathervane with the wind, which conveys the two turbines to operate out of wake from one another.

• enables a significant increase in power density, i.e. capacity per area, which reduces the cost of inter-array cables and mitigates consenting risks.

• provides a stable foundation large enough to host additional offshore wind farm needs such as O&M facilities and sub-station as well as complementary future uses, e.g. additional renewable technologies and aquaculture.

• Is designed to be the cost-effective solution for the future of offshore wind for which the trend is larger wind farms further offshore in deeper waters and with scarce suitable water areas.


Who are we?

Principle Power, founded in 2010, sells the

WindFloat as a technology solution and acts as

service provider to developers, utilities and

independent power producers, being present

from the overall system design throughout

fabrication, installation and commissioning, and

providing support to customers during the

operation life cycle of the platform.

PPI projects pipeline includes:

➢ 2 pre-commercial projects: o In Portugal: 3 Units supporting the 8MW

MHI-Vestas V164, to be commissioned in 2019-2020.

o In France: 4 Units featuring the GE Halliade 6MW, to be commissioned in 2020-2021.

➢ Multiple commercial developments in Taiwan, USA (Hawaii, Maine, Oregon) as well as Japan, India and Korea.

Our Solution….

The WindFloat is a floating foundation for

offshore wind turbines with a simple, economic

and patented design that has been demonstrated

through a 5-year full life cycle project. The

WindFloat has been reviewed and approved by

ABS, BV and ClassNK.

The WindFloat1 foundation featuring a 2MW

Vestas:

➢ Produced in up to the 1-year storm conditions: 14m waves (exceeded 1% of the time)

➢ Injected over 17GWh into the grid ➢ With no deterioration of the turbine’s

power curve ➢ Survived waves of over 18m and 60Kts

wind with no damage ➢ Proved that all assembly and large

corrective could be conducted at quay-side while floating


Who are we?

In the world’s harshest environments

and ever-increasing water depths, JDR’s

world-leading products and services

bring power and control to offshore oil,

gas and renewable energy systems.

We design, engineer and manufacture

subsea power cables, subsea production

umbilicals and intervention work over

control systems (IWOCS) to suit the

dynamics of each customer’s application.

Our technical expertise and in-depth

industry knowledge enable us to respond

to design challenges and new situations

with pioneering solutions, while retaining

our proven design and technical

reliability.

In 2017, JDR joined the TFKable group.

Our Solution….

We have delivered array cables to some

of the world’s largest and most

technically challenging Offshore Wind

farms, including:

London Array, UK

Greater Gabbard, UK

Nordsee One, Germany

JDR is delivering array cables to the giant

Hornsea One project as well as the first

commercial project using 66kV array

cables, East Anglia One.

JDR has also been selected as preferred

cable supplier to WindFloat project in

Portugal, the world’s first use of dynamic

66kV cables, for floating offshore wind

application.


References

i Sonja Chirico Indrebø, Statoil on Renewable UK Floating Offshore Wind Conference 14 Nov 2017, Glasgow: http://events.renewableuk.com/images/documents/FOWUK17/A1-Sonja-Chirico-Indrebo.pdf ii https://www.statoil.com/en/news/worlds-first-floating-wind-farm-started-production.html iii http://renews.biz/109981/uk-offshore-deal-in-summer/ iv http://c.ymcdn.com/sites/www.renewableuk.com/resource/resmgr/publications/RenewableUK_response-_Buildi.pdf?hhSearchTerms=%22ppa%22 vhttps://topsectorenergie.nl/sites/default/files/uploads/Wind%20op%20Zee/20170220_Rap_TKI_Offshore_Wind_Cost_reduction.pdf vi https://www.boem.gov/National-Offshore-Wind-Strategy/ vii Sonja Chirico Indrebø, Statoil on Renewable UK Floating Offshore Wind Conference 14 Nov 2017, Glasgow: http://events.renewableuk.com/images/documents/FOWUK17/A1-Sonja-Chirico-Indrebo.pdf viii https://www.statoil.com/en/news/worlds-first-floating-wind-farm-started-production.html ix http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-39665550 x https://www.bp.com/content/dam/bp/pdf/energy-economics/energy-outlook-2017/bp-energy-outlook-2017.pdf xi https://windeurope.org/wp-content/uploads/files/about-wind/reports/Floating-offshore-statement.pdf xiihttp://c.ymcdn.com/sites/www.renewableuk.com/resource/resmgr/publications/RUK_Export_Report_final_web_.pdf xiii http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2017/09/11/offshore-wind-power-175bn-investment-boom-costs-halve/ xivhttp://www.dongenergy.com/en/media/newsroom/company-announcements-details?omxid=1557851 xv https://www.thecrownestate.co.uk/media/152036/socio-economic-methodology-and-baseline-for-pfow-wave-tidal-developments.pdf xvi http://www.gov.scot/Resource/0052/00522790.xlsx xvii http://c.ymcdn.com/sites/www.renewableuk.com/resource/resmgr/publications/RenewableUK_response-_Buildi.pdf?hhSearchTerms=%22ppa%22

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https://www.boem.gov/National-Offshore-Wind-Strategy/

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http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-39665550

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https://windeurope.org/wp-content/uploads/files/about-wind/reports/Floating-offshore-statement.pdf

http://c.ymcdn.com/sites/www.renewableuk.com/resource/resmgr/publications/RUK_Export_Report_final_web_.pdf

http://c.ymcdn.com/sites/www.renewableuk.com/resource/resmgr/publications/RUK_Export_Report_final_web_.pdf

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2017/09/11/offshore-wind-power-175bn-investment-boom-costs-halve/

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http://www.gov.scot/Resource/0052/00522790.xlsx



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