The WindFloat Project

WindFloat 2 MW Floating Offshore Wind

WavEC Workshop
13th of November, 2015
Agenda

1. Why Floating Offshore Wind?

2. WindFloat Technology

3. The WF1 Project (Demonstration Phase)

4. WindFloat Atlantic (Pre-Commercial Phase)

5. Conclusions

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Why Floating Offshore Wind?

Why Offshore Wind?

Higher wind resource and less turbulence
Large ocean areas available
Best onshore wind locations are becoming scarce
Offshore wind, including deep offshore, has the
capacity to deliver large amount of energy

Why Floating Offshore Wind?

Limited locations with shallow waters (mostly in the
North Sea)
Most of the offshore wind resource is in deep waters
Unlimited installation sites available
Less restrictions for offshore deployments and
reduced visual impacts
Enormous potential around the world: PT, Spain, UK,
France, Norway, Italy, the Americas, Asia

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 Deep Offshore Wind: Floating or Fixed?
Deep offshore wind potential goes in line with the quality of the resource and the availability of areas to explore
Mean Wind speed (50m)
EU15 Potential
Good offshore wind resource (load factor > 3.000h)
Offshore wind potential is mostly in transitional and deep
waters(1) (~65 %)
Energy Potential >700 TWh (~220 GW)
Ports and docks available along European coast
(1)Analysis limited to 100m water depths

Depth (m) 0 - 30 40 200 +

Offshore
77 GW >140 GW
potential EU15
Source: Greenpeace & Garrad Hassan 2004; IEA; Global insight;

Portuguese & Spanish Potential

Continental shelf ends near the coast
Grid connection available near the coast European Bathymetry

Limited Potential for water depths < 40m

250 km of PT Costal Line suitable to be explored
0 5 10 km
Energy Potential in PT >40 TWh (~12 GW)
Energy Potential in SP >290 TWh (~98 GW)
Depth (m) 0 - 30 40 200 +

PT 2 GW >10 GW
Offshore
potential
SP 18 GW >80 GW
Source: Univ.de Zaragoza Evaluacin Potencial Energas Renovables (2007)
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Deep Offshore Wind: Floating or Fixed?
Offshore wind technology is likely to follow Oil &Gas addressing the deep offshore wind challenges

Monopiles
Basic extension of turbine tower w/
transition piece
Economically feasible in shallow water
depths (10-30m)

Jackets
Economically feasible in transitional water
depths (30-50m)
Several jackets successfully installed at
depths of less than 50m (Beatrice in 2006
was the first project to deploy at 45m)

Other fixed (tripods, tripiles, gravity bases ,)

Very limited experience
Similar depth limitations as jackets

Floating
Expected economical feasibility in deep
waters (50-?m)
Still limited experience

EDP INOV Technology Development

 WindFloat is >2 years ahead in commercial deployment vs. most
competitors
State of development of selected floating turbine concepts
Concept development Scale testing Full scale prototype Pre-commercial/Commercial
WindFloat (US/PT)
Semi-submersible

Mitsui (JP)
Mitsubishi(JP)
Ideol(FR)
Gusto (NL)
HiPR Wind (EU)
Diwet (FR)
Hywind(NO)
Toda(JP)
Japan Marine (JP)
Spar

Sway(NO))
Nautica AFT (US))
Sea Twirl (SW))

Gicon (GE))
Blue H(GE))
TLP

Pelastar (US)
Iberdrola Etorgai (SP)
Mitsui (JP)
Source: Main(e) International Consulting, LLC
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Agenda

1. Why Floating Offshore Wind?

2. WindFloat Technology

3. The WF1 Project (Demonstration Phase)

4. WindFloat Atlantic (Pre-Commercial Phase)

5. Conclusions

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The WindFloat Technology
The main characteristics of the WindFloat leads to High Stability even in rough seas

Turbine Agnostic
Conventional turbine (3-blade, upwind)
Changes required in control system of the turbine

High Stability Performance

Static Stability - Water Ballast
Dynamic Stability - Heave Plates and active ballast system
- Move platform natural response above the wave excitation
(entrained water)
- Viscous damping reduces platform motions
Efficiency Closed-loop Active Ballast System

Depth Flexibility (>40m)

Assembly & Installation
Port assembly Reduced risk and cost
No specialized vessels required, conventional tugs
Industry standard mooring equipment

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The WindFloat Technology
Due to the features of the WindFloat, the risk and cost of offshore works is significantly reduced

The WindFloat

requires NO PILLING

is structurally decoupled from seadbed

is independent from depth

is assembled and commissioned quayside

does NOT require high lift capacity vessels

Reduced Risk and Cost

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Agenda

1. Why Floating Offshore Wind?

2. WindFloat Technology

3. The WF1 Project (Demonstration Phase)

4. WindFloat Atlantic (Pre-Commercial Phase)

5. Conclusions

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WindFloat Technology Roadmap
Bringing the Technology from Prototype to Fully Commercial Farms

Commercial
Pre-Commercial Fully Optimized
WF 1 Design Optimization World Wide designs
~30 MW Windfarms with >6MW LCOE Below market
2MW Conservative Design
Different sites and Turbines: Project Finance
Verified Numerical Models +8MW
Operational Learning

2MW

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EDP Inovao
The WF1 Project (Prototype)
The WindFloat project was structured as a Joint Venture, WindPlus

The Project is promoted by

in a joint venture

WindPlus
and counts with the support of

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The WindFloat Project
The development of the WindFloat project carried enormous challenges due to the lack of know-how in Portugal

The project followed a risk mitigation approach but

the challenges were enormous

project being done for the first time

Lack of offshore know-how in Portugal

different cultures involved(US, Denmark, Portugal, France)

Collaboration between two different industries that have

never worked together (Oil & Gas and Wind Industry)

Standards & Rules for design exist but need to adapted

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The WindFloat Project
The project was implemented under a tight scheduled

Project was completed in less than 2,5 years

Fabrication completed in less than 9 months

Task Timeline
Sep, 09
Project Start
Jan, 10
Pre-FEED
PDR
Sep, 10
FEED
Turbine Selection
Final Investment Decision
Sep, 11
Project Execution
Sep, 11 May, 11
Detail Design
Sep, 11
Fabrication
Nov, 11
Offshore Installation Dez, 11
Offshore Commissioning
Ago, 13
Testing and Monitoring

Significant space to improve project implementation schedule!

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 Workshop Fabrication of main components

A. Silva Matos was the responsabilbe for the

fabrication of the WindFloat

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 Pre-assembly of the columns
outside the Dry-dock in Setbal

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 Columns moved to Dry-dock

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 Dry-dock assembly

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 Mooring Pre-Lay in parallel
with the fabrication

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 Turbine Installation in the Dry Dock using the
shipyards gantry crane

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Tow from Setbal to Aguadoura (~400 km) using the
same vessel that was used for the mooring installation

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 Hook-up at final location

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 Energy delivery since December 2011!

More than 16 GWh produced up today!

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Agenda

1. Why Floating Offshore Wind?

2. WindFloat Technology

3. The WF1 Project (Demonstration Phase)

4. WindFloat Atlantic (Pre-Commercial Phase)

5. Conclusions

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Pre-Commercial Phase WindFloat Atlantic

Total capacity: ~25MW capacity, (3 or 4 units

equipped with 8MW or 6MW)

Location: 20 km off the coast of Viana do Castelo, in

water depth of 85-100m

Interconnection: connected to the transport grid

(60kV). No offshore substation

Construction: several shipyards options available

close to final location. Turbine installation quayside

Floating structure certification: designed for 25

years, certified throughout design, construction and
installation by ABS, an independent party

Strong Institutional Support:

- EU: NER 300
- Portugal: Feed-in Tariff, APA
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Second Generation currently in late stages design for real projects
proving considerable reduction in Cost of Energy

WF1 Larger turbines (x3-4) WF Atlantic

Prototype Pre-comercial phase
Design life extension (x5)
Proportionally smaller
platform
Structural optimizations
Equipment improvement
Accessibility
Mooring improvements
Installation improvements
Full Class Certification

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LCOE competitive with currently commercial technology such as
Jackets and the most cost effective in deep waters

Levelized Cost of Energy (/MWh)

140 132
126 129 129

120

Target: NREL Feb 14

100 100
/MWh
80

60

40

20

0
Jacket 45m WF 45m Jacket 60m WF 60m Water Depth
Source:
GL / GH, December 2012
NREL, Feb 2014

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Agenda

1. Why Floating Offshore Wind?

2. WindFloat Technology

3. The WF1 Project (Demonstration Phase)

4. WindFloat Atlantic (Pre-Commercial Phase)

5. Conclusions

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Final Remarks

1 Floating is already proven technology, and is now

proving its financial and economic viability

2 Reduction of Cost and Risk => Addressing the industrys

challenges while enabling it to reach its full potential

3 Already several Pre-Commercial Projects ongoing

worldwide, expecting to be deploying commercially in the
marketplace by 2018

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 Thank you!

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