Fred. Olsen 1848 has announced that its Brunel Floating Foundation has completed its basic design phase according to DNV’s certification scheme for floating wind, DNV-SE-0422, and was subsequently awarded a DNV Basic Design Certification.
The company has collaborated with several partners for the design. Ramboll has been the main contractor, working as an engineering consultant for Brunel Floating Foundation and responsible for performing the engineering of the basic design certification. Seasystems has provided mooring and turret technologies, while MOOG Focal supplied high-voltage swivels. 7Waves contributed expertise on the primary steel design.
Key features of Brunel Floating Foundation include:
- Dual towers with a forward-leaning angle to optimise rotor tilt angle for increased annual energy production and better utilisation of the structural capacity in the towers.
- Semi-submersible structure designed for North Sea conditions.
- Compliance with the global existing fabrication capacity of offshore wind towers and monopiles.
- Single-point mooring through a turret, with a weathervaning function allowing for a passive ballast system and a structure that continuously optimises its position towards the wind thrust force.
