Performance and loads analysis at farm scale
WP5 aims to further investigate the innovations of the project at wind farm scale.
WP5 Performance and Loads Analysis at Farm Scale
WP5 investigates the performance of floating wind turbines and entire wind farms at the three INF4INiTY case study sites, considering both current and future environmental conditions. The work package provides essential inputs for turbine-scale aerodynamics, floating structure response, and farm-scale energy production.
Tasks include characterising historical and future metocean conditions, defining design load cases, and exploring optimal farm layouts for maximum power output and reduced fatigue loads. WP5 performs high-fidelity simulations of interacting turbines to assess power performance, wake effects, and the impact of floater motions. At the farm scale, mid-fidelity simulations model entire floating wind farms to evaluate overall energy production and turbine interactions.
Finally, WP5 develops reduced-order models to enable efficient, low-cost simulations and performs farm layout optimization, providing data for improved annual energy production and informing subsequent design and operational strategies.
Revolutionizing Offshore Wind with Sustainable Technological Breakthroughs
Expanding Renewable Energy for Climate Mitigation
The importance of an increased exploitation of renewable energy sources to mitigate the anthropogenic climate change and foster a more sustainable energy mix is recognised globally.
The Role of Floating Offshore Wind
In Europe, the tremendous potential of floating offshore wind will play animportant role in the future to achieve the ambitious goals of the European Commission towards a climate-neutral energy transition.
Nature-Inclusive Solutions for Floating Offshore Wind
However, the required expansion of floating offshore wind capacity to achieve the EU’s SET Plan targets, challenges the goal to protect and preserve bio-diversity in the EU sea basins. The INF4INiTY project will support the solution of this European and global challenge by developing nature-inclusive designs for subsea components of floating offshore wind installations:
- An innovative nature inclusive design for gravity anchors and their associated scour protection system
- An innovative primary artificial reef structure combined with the floating structure of a floating offshore wind turbine.
Innovations for Sustainable Offshore Wind
By developing critical technologies for the offshore wind farm of the future INF4INiTY’s innovations will balance human needs (clean energy) with nature’s and society’s demands (decreased negative environmental and social impact); ultimately, providing solutions for the current techno-socio-enviro-economic challenges of the floating offshore wind industry.
Fusion of Expertise and Innovation
INF4INiTY’s methodology combines world class numerical modelling and experimental modelling expertise with leading industrial technology development.
