Seeking new waters: the mooring challenge facing floating offshore wind
Floating offshore wind can draw on experiences of wave energy developers to help understand and overcome the challenges of operating and mooring in the mid-water depths from 40-80m. Image; Hywind floating wind turbine being assembled in the Åmøy Fjord. Image credit: Lars Christopher - originally posted to Flickr as Hywind. As deployment of offshore wind grows, competition for sites is seeing developers seeking to deploy their technology in deeper water, and more exposed sites