TU Delft takes part in FOX project to explore floating offshore wind turbines

How do you install a wind turbine far out at sea when high waves and strong winds make its installation virtually impossible? With this question in mind, TU Delft researchers David Fidalgo Domingos, Peter Meijers and Panagiota Atzampou, boarded Sleipnir (world's largest crane vessel) in a pioneering project.

The FOX project is the result of a collaboration between TUDelft, Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC) and DOT B.V., with the goal of exploring Floating Installation Offshore XXL Wind Turbines. On-board of Sleipnir, TU Delft researchers conducted last week, what so far could be the most extensive measurement campaign of an OWT (Offshore Wind Turbine) installation. The motion tracking sensors, specially developed by David Fidalgo Domingos together with Técnico Solar... ... More: Official Press Release TU Delft

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