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https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-5-839-2020
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https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-5-839-2020
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Research article
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03 Jul 2020
Research article |
| 03 Jul 2020
| 03 Jul 2020
Exploitation of the far-offshore wind energy resource by fleets of energy ships – Part 1: Energy ship design and performance
Aurélien Babarit
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
LHEEA, École Centrale de Nantes – CNRS, Nantes, France
Gaël Clodic
LHEEA, École Centrale de Nantes – CNRS, Nantes, France
Simon Delvoye
LHEEA, École Centrale de Nantes – CNRS, Nantes, France
Jean-Christophe Gilloteaux
LHEEA, École Centrale de Nantes – CNRS, Nantes, France
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Short summary
This paper addresses the topic of far-offshore wind energy exploitation. Far-offshore wind energy exploitation is not feasible with grid-connected floating wind turbines because grid-connection cost, installation cost and O&M cost would be prohibitive. An enabling technology is the energy ship concept, which is described and modeled in the paper. A design of an energy ship is proposed. It is estimated that it could produce 5 GWh per annum of chemical energy (methanol).
This paper addresses the topic of far-offshore wind energy exploitation. Far-offshore wind...
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