the first floating wind turbines martin jakubowski technology architect blue h technologies bv, the...
TRANSCRIPT
The first floating wind turbines
Martin JakubowskiTechnology Architect
Blue H Technologies BV, The Netherlands
Brindisi, Italia23rd of May 2009
Blue HOffshore Wind Technology Developer
Proposition
“Offshore wind offers enormous potential, with stronger more
predictable winds ......... Planning permission can be easier to obtain
than onshore, farms can be built at scales impossible on land, and the
availability of space is almost unlimited if deep waters are mastered.” - World Economic Forum 2009 – Green Investing
Blue HOffshore Wind Technology Developer
Proposition
“Offshore wind offers enormous potential, with stronger more
predictable winds ......... Planning permission can be easier to obtain
than onshore, farms can be built at scales impossible on land, and the
availability of space is almost unlimited if deep waters are mastered.” - World Economic Forum 2009 – Green Investing
Blue H
Intends to master deep waters with its technology!
Mission Statement
By owning and continually creating innovative offshore technology, Blue H intends to become the
world’s leading developer of deep water offshore wind farms dependent on its technology
Blue H Group Technologies Ltd“Blue H” The Company
• Founded 2004
• Holding Company in UK
• Management based in The Netherlands
• R&D in Italy
• Site Development in Italy, Belgium, France, UK & USA
• Head Count 27
Projections Global Wind EnergyAnnual Installations - Growth in Capacity
Key Sources: EWEA Pure Power – March 2008Global Wind Energy Outlook 2008 – Greenpeace and GWEC (derived from IEA)Emerging Energy Research - Global Offshore Wind Energy Markets and Strategies - March 2008, baseline
* Calculated @ 3 million € / MW** Calculated @ 2.5 million € / MW
2008 2020
Total Wind (MW) 27,000 82,000
Offshore Wind (MW) 400 33,000
Offshore Wind (million) € 1,200* € 82,500**
Example: 5% market size (MW) 1,650
5% market size (million) € 4,125
NREL: National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Department of Energy USA
NREL predicts Tension Legged Platformsfor floating wind turbines
2007 SDP Prototype
Primary Purpose:Test concept, design, assembly, transportation installation and decommissioning methods
Note: Prototype is not designed to be connected to the grid
Legend: L.A.T. Lowest Astronomical Tide
Hyperlink to Prototype Video
Construction, launch, transport and installation of the prototype
Video from file
2007: Blue H acquired Gamma 2-bladed Technology
• Simple, less Expensive
• Easy to Service & Maintain
• Ideal for high speed wind sites
• Full variable speed = max. performance
• Power regulation through yaw control
• Upgraded Gamma 60 turbine on custom steel floating support structure
• Allocation of major turbine subsystems below sea level
• Hydraulically adjustable tendons, for settlement correction only
• Buoyant counterweight with 2000 t of solid ballast
The First Commercial Unit - FCU
The O&M and industrialization strategies of the 3.5 MW unit guide the design concepts
Easy access by a safe gang-way to all parts of the nacelle
Patented assembly method:
Drive-train and generator mounted on a container shaped false bed-plate, assembled at yard on the real bed-plate
Blue H Intellectual Property
• IP on the Tension Legged Platform (TLP)
• IP on the 2-bladed Turbine for Offshore Use and/or Onshore Use
• IP on integrating the TLP with the Turbine
• Various patents on two-bladed teetering hinge turbine and design solutions for transport, installation and industrialization
Blue H Solution is designed to be more Economicthan Current Shallow Water Installations
Source: RMT, Inc.
Blue H:
• does not need to prepare seabed
• does not need to use expensive marine services equipment – (monopolistic/oligopolistic control of jack up barges, crane ships, pneumatic hammers for pounding the foundations into the seabed)
• does not need assemble at sea
• does not have high decommissioning costs
BBC headline above picture to the right:“Work on Offshore Winds Farms delayedby late arrival of the jack-up barge”