The WindFloat Project

WindFloat 2 MW Floating Offshore Wind

WavEC Workshop
13th of November, 2015
Agenda

1. Why Floating Offshore Wind?

2. WindFloat Technology

3. The WF1 Project (Demonstration Phase)

4. WindFloat Atlantic (Pre-Commercial Phase)

5. Conclusions

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Why Floating Offshore Wind?

Why Offshore Wind?

• Higher wind resource and less turbulence
• Large ocean areas available
• Best onshore wind locations are becoming scarce
• Offshore wind, including deep offshore, has the
capacity to deliver large amount of energy

Why Floating Offshore Wind?

• Limited locations with shallow waters (mostly in the
North Sea)
• Most of the offshore wind resource is in deep waters
• Unlimited installation sites available
• Less restrictions for offshore deployments and
reduced visual impacts
• Enormous potential around the world: PT, Spain, UK,
France, Norway, Italy, the Americas, Asia …

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 Deep Offshore Wind: Floating or Fixed?
Deep offshore wind potential goes in line with the quality of the resource and the availability of areas to explore
Mean Wind speed (50m)
EU15 Potential
• Good offshore wind resource (load factor > 3.000h)
• Offshore wind potential is mostly in transitional and deep
waters(1) (~65 %)
• Energy Potential >700 TWh (~220 GW)
• Ports and docks available along European coast
(1)Analysis limited to 100m water depths

Depth (m) 0 - 30 40 – 200 +

Offshore
77 GW >140 GW
potential EU15
Source: Greenpeace & Garrad Hassan 2004; IEA; Global insight;

Portuguese & Spanish Potential

• Continental shelf ends near the coast
• Grid connection available near the coast European Bathymetry

• Limited Potential for water depths < 40m

• 250 km of PT Costal Line suitable to be explored
0 5 10 km
• Energy Potential in PT >40 TWh (~12 GW)
• Energy Potential in SP >290 TWh (~98 GW)
Depth (m) 0 - 30 40 – 200 +

PT 2 GW >10 GW
Offshore
potential
SP 18 GW >80 GW
Source: Univ.de Zaragoza – Evaluación Potencial Energías Renovables (2007)
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Deep Offshore Wind: Floating or Fixed?
Offshore wind technology is likely to follow Oil &Gas addressing the deep offshore wind challenges

Monopiles
• Basic extension of turbine tower w/
transition piece
• Economically feasible in shallow water
depths (10-30m)

Jackets
• Economically feasible in transitional water
depths (30-50m)
• Several jackets successfully installed at
depths of less than 50m (Beatrice in 2006
was the first project to deploy at 45m)

Other fixed (tripods, tripiles, gravity bases ,…)

• Very limited experience
• Similar depth limitations as jackets

Floating
• Expected economical feasibility in deep
waters (50-?m)
• Still limited experience

EDP INOV – Technology Development

 WindFloat is >2 years ahead in commercial deployment vs. most
competitors
State of development of selected floating turbine concepts
Concept development Scale testing Full scale prototype Pre-commercial/Commercial
WindFloat (US/PT)
Semi-submersible

Mitsui (JP)
Mitsubishi(JP)
Ideol(FR)
Gusto (NL)
HiPR Wind (EU)
Diwet (FR)
Hywind(NO)
Toda(JP)
Japan Marine (JP)
Spar

Sway(NO))
Nautica AFT (US))
Sea Twirl (SW))

Gicon (GE))
Blue H(GE))
TLP

Pelastar (US)
Iberdrola Etorgai (SP)
Mitsui (JP)
Source: Main(e) International Consulting, LLC
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Agenda

1. Why Floating Offshore Wind?

2. WindFloat Technology

3. The WF1 Project (Demonstration Phase)

4. WindFloat Atlantic (Pre-Commercial Phase)

5. Conclusions

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The WindFloat Technology
The main characteristics of the WindFloat leads to High Stability even in rough seas

Turbine Agnostic
• Conventional turbine (3-blade, upwind)
• Changes required in control system of the turbine

High Stability Performance

• Static Stability - Water Ballast
• Dynamic Stability - Heave Plates and active ballast system
- Move platform natural response above the wave excitation
(entrained water)
- Viscous damping reduces platform motions
• Efficiency – Closed-loop Active Ballast System

Depth Flexibility (>40m)

Assembly & Installation
• Port assembly – Reduced risk and cost
• No specialized vessels required, conventional tugs
• Industry standard mooring equipment

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The WindFloat Technology
Due to the features of the WindFloat, the risk and cost of offshore works is significantly reduced

The WindFloat…

… requires NO PILLING

…is structurally decoupled from seadbed

…is independent from depth

…is assembled and commissioned quayside

…does NOT require high lift capacity vessels

Reduced Risk and Cost

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Agenda

1. Why Floating Offshore Wind?

2. WindFloat Technology

3. The WF1 Project (Demonstration Phase)

4. WindFloat Atlantic (Pre-Commercial Phase)

5. Conclusions

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WindFloat Technology Roadmap
Bringing the Technology from Prototype to Fully Commercial Farms

WF 1
• 2MW Conservative Design
• Verified Numerical Models
• Operational Learning
Pre-Commercial
• Design Optimization
• ~30 MW Windfarms with >6MW
• Different sites and Turbines:
Commercial
• Fully Optimized
• World Wide designs
• LCOE Below market
• Project Finance
+8MW

2MW

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EDP Inovação
The WF1 Project (Prototype)
The WindFloat project was structured as a Joint Venture, WindPlus

The Project is promoted by…

…in a joint venture…

WindPlus
…and counts with the support of…

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The WindFloat Project
The development of the WindFloat project carried enormous challenges due to the lack of know-how in Portugal

The project followed a risk mitigation approach but…

…the challenges were enormous…

…project being done for the first time

…Lack of offshore know-how in Portugal

…different cultures involved(US, Denmark, Portugal, France)

…Collaboration between two different industries that have

never worked together (Oil & Gas and Wind Industry)

… Standards & Rules for design exist but need to adapted

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The WindFloat Project
The project was implemented under a tight scheduled

Project was completed in less than 2,5 years

Fabrication completed in less than 9 months

Task Timeline
Sep, 09
Project Start
Jan, 10
Pre-FEED
PDR
Sep, 10
FEED
Turbine Selection
Final Investment Decision
Sep, 11
Project Execution
Sep, 11 May, 11
Detail Design
Sep, 11
Fabrication
Nov, 11
Offshore Installation Dez, 11
Offshore Commissioning
Ago, 13
Testing and Monitoring …

Significant space to improve project implementation schedule!

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 Workshop Fabrication of main components

A. Silva Matos was the responsabilbe for the

fabrication of the WindFloat

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 Pre-assembly of the columns
outside the Dry-dock in Setúbal

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 Columns moved to Dry-dock

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 Dry-dock assembly

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 Mooring Pre-Lay in parallel
with the fabrication

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 Turbine Installation in the Dry Dock using the
shipyard’s gantry crane

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Tow from Setúbal to Aguçadoura (~400 km) using the
same vessel that was used for the mooring installation

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 Hook-up at final location

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 Energy delivery since December 2011!

More than 16 GWh produced up today!

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Agenda

1. Why Floating Offshore Wind?

2. WindFloat Technology

3. The WF1 Project (Demonstration Phase)

4. WindFloat Atlantic (Pre-Commercial Phase)

5. Conclusions

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Pre-Commercial Phase – WindFloat Atlantic

• Total capacity: ~25MW capacity, (3 or 4 units

equipped with 8MW or 6MW)

• Location: 20 km off the coast of Viana do Castelo, in

water depth of 85-100m

• Interconnection: connected to the transport grid

(60kV). No offshore substation

• Construction: several shipyards options available

close to final location. Turbine installation quayside

• Floating structure certification: designed for 25

years, certified throughout design, construction and
installation by ABS, an independent party

• Strong Institutional Support:

- EU: NER 300
- Portugal: Feed-in Tariff, APA
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Second Generation currently in late stages design for real projects
proving considerable reduction in Cost of Energy

WF1  Larger turbines (x3-4) WF Atlantic

Prototype Pre-comercial phase
 Design life extension (x5)
 Proportionally smaller
platform
 Structural optimizations
 Equipment improvement
 Accessibility
 Mooring improvements
 Installation improvements
 Full Class Certification

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LCOE competitive with currently commercial technology such as
Jackets and the most cost effective in deep waters

Levelized Cost of Energy (€/MWh)

140 132
126 129 129

120

Target: NREL Feb ‘14

100 100
€/MWh
80

60

40

20

0
Jacket 45m WF 45m Jacket 60m WF 60m Water Depth
Source:
GL / GH, December 2012
NREL, Feb 2014

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Agenda

1. Why Floating Offshore Wind?

2. WindFloat Technology

3. The WF1 Project (Demonstration Phase)

4. WindFloat Atlantic (Pre-Commercial Phase)

5. Conclusions

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Final Remarks

1 Floating is already proven technology, and is now

proving its financial and economic viability

2 Reduction of Cost and Risk => Addressing the industry’s

challenges while enabling it to reach its full potential

3 Already several Pre-Commercial Projects ongoing

worldwide, expecting to be deploying commercially in the
marketplace by 2018

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 Thank you!

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