Moorings Fact Sheet

Moorings

Floating offshore renewable energy systems have several advantages: higher wind and wave resources, technically unlimited water depth, better adaptability to soil types… However, they must limit their dynamics for a number of reasons:

  • efficiency (e.g., reduction in wind turbine performance if the floating structure movements are too severe),
  • safety (e.g., disruption of vessel traffic),
  • robustness and technical and economic viability (e.g., pulling out the export electric cable, overdesigning costs).

Developing reliable and robust mooring lines is therefore essential. To do this, two criteria must be taken into account: limiting the amplitude of the forces and resisting maximum loads over the life of a farm. France Énergies Marines developed this Fact Sheet to describe the different moorings systems used for offshore renewable energy systems, and compare their advantages and limitations. 

Download the France Énergies Marines Moorings Fact Sheet here.

The table below contains the literature relevant to this summary document and will continue to be updated as new literature is added to Tethys Engineering.

Title Author Date Content Type Technology Collection Method Operations Device
Developments, expectations of wave energy converters and mooring anchors in the UK Ming, H., Aggidis, G. Journal Article Wave Mooring
Including moorings in the assessment of a generic offshore wave energy converter: A frequency domain approach Fitzgerald, J., Bergdahl, L. Journal Article Wave Modeling Mooring
Measurements of static and dynamic mooring line damping and their importance for floating WEC devices Johanning, L., Smith, G., Wolfram, J. Journal Article Wave Field Data, Lab Data, Modeling, Full Scale, Scale Device Survivability Hydrodynamics, Mooring
Considering Mooring Cables for Offshore Wave Energy Converters Fitzgerald, J., Bergdahl, L. Conference Paper Wave Modeling Deployment Mooring
Value and Validation of Small Scale Physical Model Tests of Floating Wave Energy Converters Forestier, J-M., Holmes, B., Barrett, S., Lewis, A. Conference Paper Wave Lab Data, Modeling Condition Monitoring, Survivability Mooring
Development of a floating tidal energy system suitable for use in shallow water Turnock, S., Muller, G., Nicholls-Lee, R., Denchfield, S., Hindley, S., Shelmerdine, R., Stevens, S. Conference Paper Current, Tidal Lab Data, Modeling Mooring
Wave energy resource in the North Sea Beels, C., Henriques, J., Rouck, J., Pontes, M., De Backer, G., Verhaeghe, H. Conference Paper Wave Field Data, Modeling Condition Monitoring Mooring
Modelling of Multibody Marine Systems with Application to Wave-Energy Devices Ó'Catháin, M., Leira, B., Ringwood, J. Conference Paper Wave Modeling Hydrodynamics, Mooring, Power Take Off
Mooring design approach for wave energy converters Johanning, L., Smith, G., Wolfram, J. Journal Article Wave Mooring
Experimental investigation on the dynamic response of a moored wave energy device under regular sea waves Rapaka, E., Natarajan, R., Neelamani, S. Journal Article Wave, Oscillating Water Column Lab Data, Scale Device Hydrodynamics, Mooring
Progress on Edinburgh Ducks Salter, S. Book Chapter Wave, Oscillating Wave Surge Converter Mooring, Power Take Off
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