A multi-location FOWU design for mass production
The deployment of large wind turbines, particularly those exceeding 15 MW, presents significant challenges: conventional supply chains struggle to produce large volumes of floaters, and the floaters must operate in areas with extreme waves, winds, and ice that can cause structural failures. The Deepsea Star™ is specifically designed to overcome these barriers.
- Robust Multilocation Design: Engineered with the severe metocean conditions of the Barents, Norwegian, North, and Celtic Seas as its Design Basis, the Deepsea Star™ is suitable for global deployment.
- Mass production: Optimized for industrial-scale production, the design minimizes infrastructure requirements for local assembly and installation. Our WindSteel Initiative will enable the manufacturing of the Deepsea Star™ at large scale, reducing overall costs and carbon footprint.
- Structural Integrity: Built to maintain structural integrity throughout its lifecycle and adhere to strict maritime class regimes.
- Accessibility: The structure can be accessed via CTV, SOV, or helicopter, ensuring operational flexibility.
- Scalability: Ready for the next generation of Wind Turbine Generator Systems (WTGs) over 20 MW.
- Decades of Expertise: The design draws upon Odfjell’s 50+ years of experience in operating drilling rigs under extreme conditions, coupled with Oceanwind’s 20+ years in floating wind technology.
- Regulatory Approval: Currently undergoing Basic Design Approval from DNV, set to conclude in 2024.
- Upcoming deployment: Selected for use in the GoliaVIND and UtsiraVIND projects and has been shortlisted by several project developers for upcoming offshore wind parks.
Design basis covers relevant areas in North Atlantic
- Metocean data (NORA10 – NORA 3 hindcast) from Norwegian Meterological Institute applied to develop basis for multilocational design basis
- Covers typical areas Odfjell have been operating drilling rigs in for 50 years
- Barents, Norwegian, North, and Celtic Seas
- Celtic sea included due to floating wind ambitions
- Recently confirmed South West/West Coast of Ireland is within design basis by assessing metocean data for four locations
- Areas covered by design basis, represents most of the harsh environments in the world
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