The European Patent Office (EPO) has granted a European patent for the gravity-based base solution for an offshore wind power plant developed by Enersense.
The base solution is transported floating to the installation site. Installation on the sea bottom is done by ballasting, and by de-ballasting, the base can be lifted up and reused in a new location or delivered for recycling at the end of the product's life cycle. The development of the concept began in 2017, and the official patent application was published on March 13, 2020. The European patent was officially published on 11.9.2024. The patent number is 3879035.
