Current Turbine Mooring Structure Development

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Current Turbine Mooring Structure Development

RiserTec Scope of Work –

The project had the following requirements:

380T on bottom weight
Design operation 3m/s current speed
Utilisation of 0.8 MW Current Turbine
Structural Installation to be completed by March 2017

Provided with the above specification RiserTec researched & developed a fully road transportable mooring system & a bespoke turbine attachment device including the following features:

Segmented mooring structure – fully road transportable
Pioneering use of PU ‘Spar’ to support current turbine
System installed at Orkney EMEC site
Entire system design including dynamic analysis, design & fabrication of components

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