Hamburg, Germany: DNV GL, a international certification body and resource of independent energy experts, announced the launch July 19 of a new joint industry project (JIP) together with thirteen global partners to mutually develop a Recommended Practice for the coupled analysis of floating offshore wind turbines.
Despite the fact that the wind industry has a strong focus on the development of floating offshore wind turbines, it is still missing a widely recognized and unified approach for the practical methods to build and validate the numerical models, in accordance with the requirements in the standards. The group says standardization is a key milestone to guide the industry towards the development of reliable floating wind turbines. Guidance includes setting up minimum requirements for the design on new concepts that can help investors’ evaluation, and supporting the more mature technologies towards a safe and secure commercialisation.
The group calls the project the first of its kind, bringing together multiple stakeholders from the wind, oil & gas and maritime industries, making it the most interdisciplinary project that engages in the technical advancement for floating offshore wind projects to date.
The participants come from a broad range of industries, including utilities, component manufacturing, engineering consultants, maritime research institutes, shipyards and academic research.
DNV GL provides classification and technical assurance along with software and independent expert advisory services to the maritime, oil & gas and energy industries. It also provides certification services to customers across a wide range of industries.