Power output of turbines mounted on tension-leg platforms subjected to fully developed ocean gravity waves

Restrepo, Juan M.; Norman, Matthew; Slattery, Stuart; Cheung, Lawrence; Liu, Yihan

doi:10.5194/wes-11-2915-2026

Articles | Volume 11, issue 8

https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-11-2915-2026

© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-11-2915-2026

© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 11, issue 8

Research article

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12 Aug 2026

Research article |

| 12 Aug 2026

Power output of turbines mounted on tension-leg platforms subjected to fully developed ocean gravity waves

Juan M. Restrepo, Matthew Norman, Stuart Slattery, Lawrence Cheung, and Yihan Liu

Model code and software

portUrb code for floating TLP turbines paper M. Norman https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16780228

Short summary

A comparison between the power generated by a 5 MW turbine mounted on a tension-leg platform and subjected to fully developed ocean wave movements, and the same platform/turbine not subjected to ocean motions shows that these wave motions have little effect on time-average power output over a large wind speed range.