Resources & Experimental Campaigns

INF⁴INiTY brings together a range of communication resources, project highlights and experimental activities developed throughout the project.

This section provides access to videos and downloadable materials created to increase the visibility of the project and share its main activities and results with the wider offshore wind community.

It also showcases the experimental campaigns carried out during INF⁴INiTY, providing an overview of the testing activities undertaken to support the development and validation of innovative solutions for floating offshore wind.

Project Highlights

Downloadable Materials

Experimental Campaigns

Explore the experimental testing activities carried out within the INF⁴INiTY project.

Marine Growth Experimental Campaign

The project’s first experimental campaign was carried out at the Leichtweiß-Institute for Hydraulic Engineering and Water Resources (TU Braunschweig), investigating how marine growth, such as algae, interacts with offshore structures under realistic wave and current conditions.

Using a surrogate design method to precisely control and replicate marine growth, the campaign is helping us better understand how biological elements influence structural behaviour and what this means for engineering design.

Artificial Reefs Experimental Campaign

The project’s second experimental campaign was carried out at the Coastal & Ocean Basin in Ostend (Belgium), investigating the integration of artificial reef structures into floating offshore wind systems under realistic wave and current conditions.

Using a scaled floating wind turbine model equipped with artificial reef structures, the campaign explores how nature-inclusive design solutions interact with the hydrodynamic behaviour of floating offshore structures. The experiments will help improve our understanding of how ecological functions can be incorporated into offshore renewable energy infrastructure while considering engineering performance.