The Carbon Trust has launched three new tenders all aimed at improving technology in the floating offshore wind sector.
One tender is seeking companies interested in identifying and evaluating innovative mooring and anchoring solutions.
The work would include developing technical design specifications for a range of site conditions, as well as cost estimates, and evaluation of how to commercialise new technologies.
A second tender has been issued looking at the drivers behind using tow-to-port maintenance strategies for a floating wind farm.
The work will investigate the procedures for disconnecting and reconnecting floating wind at a large scale project, evaluate challenges and identify solutions to mitigate risks and costs, and undertake feasibility studies and produce detailed method statements for tow-to-port maintenance operations.
Other aspects of the work covers logistics assessments for large wind farm maintenance campaigns, with component exchanges on multiple turbines, including cost estimates and an evaluation of technology development needs.
The third tender is for a study into the feasibility and technology development needs for heavy lift offshore operations at a floating wind farm.
The work will include providing feasibility studies and method statements for heavy lift offshore maintenance operations, focussed on climbing cranes, rigging solutions and 3D motion compensation systems from floating crane vessels.
It also covers cost estimates and technology development needs.
Interested parties have until 21 February to apply for all three tenders.
A floating turbine at Equinor’s Hywind Scotland floating project is pictured.