As we enter December, we are celebrating a significant milestone: the 3-year operational anniversary of our TetraSpar Demonstrator floating wind turbine. Reviewing the performance data, we are pleased to note that TetraSpar has consistently exceeded expectations for an innovative demonstration project: 👉 2024 capacity factor: to date 54% 👉 Lifetime capacity factor: 50% 👉 2024 highlight-month capacity factor, October: 73.6% 👉 Recorded availability Year 3: 99.3% 👉 Recorded availability Year 2: 98.3% 👉 Recorded availability Year 1: 97.0% Over three years of stable operation, the TetraSpar Demonstrator has delivered extensive and valuable data to its owners - RWE, Shell, TEPCO, and Stiesdal Offshore - and has achieved its key objectives. These include validating the concept of a fully industrialized approach to floating wind design and demonstrating the immense potential of floating offshore wind power generation. This milestone reflects the collective efforts of our partners and team. We remain dedicated to advancing floating wind technology and its role in sustainable energy systems. #FloatingWind #OffshoreWind #RenewableEnergy
Graham Flowers
3mo
Obsolete 2026 coming 2025 new power where it is used not out at sea or covering land for farming at home or for towns or cities
Adel Chaichian
3mo
Congratulations!
Congrats!
Roy Robinson
3mo
Whenever I see these types of videos all I can think of is "what a waste". To build a floating structure that does not also capture currents and waves is like building a large expensive car and only putting one seat. Yes of course, it will work but the cost of those added seats is negligible, and the utility provided goes way up. In the case of floating offshore renewable energy the cost of energy goes down by as much as 50% and the need for storage is greatly reduced with integrated systems. This is not conjecture or opinion it is mathematical fact from someone who has been responsible for capital cost estimates for offshore projects for more than 20 years. Don’t get me wrong the TetraSpar is a marvel of engineering and one of the best floating wind designs. But no matter how good the floating system is it will always do better if you integrate other systems into it. To do that you need to design it that way from the ground up. Simply strapping on wave and current devices is likely to effect the response characteristics of the floater. I would love to see what Mr. Stiesdal can come up with if he puts his considerable talents in that direction. #floatingwind #renewableenergy #offshorewind #windpower #marineengineering
Probably he worst energy solution I could ever imagine.
Rob de Potter
3mo
A way to go!
Jasper Koot
3mo
What a great turbine! 🙂
Johnny Sørensen
3mo
Cool facts 💪
Robert Myers
3mo
Congrats!
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3moCongrats on this significant milestone. The demonstrator is clearly showing how floating offshore wind can deliver real results and tackle LCOE concerns head-on. These kinds of achievements are exactly what the industry needs to make floating wind a big player in renewable energy. Excited to see what’s next.