Fjellstrand trimaran shortlisted in Carbon Trust competition

摘要

A Fjellstrand trimaran design, WindServer, is one of the concepts shortlisted in the Carbon Trust Offshore Wind Accelerator Access Competition. Commenting on the background to the competition, the Carbon Trust says, "Today's offshore wind farms are typically less than 25 kilometres offshore in relatively benign sea conditions and consist of up to 100 turbines. Maintenance is possible in boats about 90% of the time when wave heights are up to about 1.5m. "The new 'Round 3' offshore wind projects will be as far as 300 kilometres offshore in rougher sea conditions and may consist of as many as 2,500 turbines. At these sites, today's access systems would only allow transfers on about 210 days a year. The aim of the competition is to find concepts that can be commercialised to make transfers possible for a minimum of 300 days a year.