Floating Offshore Wind Farms

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Castro-Santos, Laura (Editor), Diaz-Casas, Vicente (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2016.
• Series: Green Energy and Technology,
• Subjects: Energy.; Renewable energy resources.; Oceanography.; Electric power production.; Renewable energy sources.; Alternate energy sources.; Green energy industries.; Marine sciences.; Freshwater.; Environmental economics.; Renewable and Green Energy.; Energy Technology.; Environmental Economics.; Marine & Freshwater Sciences.

This book provides an overview of floating offshore wind farms and focuses on the economic aspects of this renewable-energy technology. It presents economic maps demonstrating the main costs, and explores various important aspects of floating offshore wind farms. It examines topics including offshor...

Table of Contents:

• Present and future of floating offshore wind
• Life-­cycle of floating offshore wind
• Economics of floating offshore wind
• Offshore wind turbines
• Floating offshore wind platforms
• Mooring and anchoring
• Offshore electric system
• Offshore vessels.