A new contest aims to jump-start U.S. production of floating wind turbines to place in ocean waters too deep for standard designs
The Energy Department is launching a new contest to lure U.S. companies into the business of designing and building floating wind turbines for offshore areas.
A few oil and gas rigs have been built to operate on platforms that float and are moored by ropes or chains to the bottom in energy-rich areas. “But what oil and gas companies never did was mass-produce their structures. Most every floating oil rig is [a] one-off,” said Musial. Deep offshore waters are a barrier to wind energy production along the entire West Coast, the East Coast above Cape Cod and around Hawaii, he noted. And in some areas where there are close-in shallow waters, moving wind turbines farther out would reduce conflicts with fishing companies and with shore dwellers who prize their views.
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