Floating offshore wind farms have been developed to exploit the high potential of offshore wind energy, where winds blow more consistently and stronger than those on land. The TAILWIND project, launched in January 2024, will introduce advanced plant conservation technologies, designed to maintain the location of floating offshore wind farms through innovative mooring lines and anchoring systems. The development of these technologies is critical to opening new paths towards the global effectiveness and sustainability of FOW farms, resulting in tangible cost savings while reducing reliance on primary raw materials.
“We are proud to embark on this important project with a world-leading consortium bringing industry and research together to develop more sustainable and cost-effective solutions for connecting floating wind turbines,” said Thomas Langford, Director of Marine Energy at NGI. “We believe that TAILWIND has the potential to deliver significant changes in industry practices, and we look forward to seeing the project develop over the next few years.”
Sustainability will be the key enabler of value creation for our project in the wind energy sector. New recyclable synthetic materials will be used to develop mooring lines that cause no harm to the marine ecosystem. Citizens and a wide range of stakeholders will be engaged in examining the acceptance of these new technologies as an incentive to increase affordable wind energy in the energy mix. TAILWIND also aims to achieve a significant reduction in the cost of equalized electricity (LCOE) produced by FOW farms thanks to the higher cost efficiency of the new mooring and mooring solutions, avoiding bottlenecks and high dependency on the supply chain.
This project contributes to achieving the goals set by the “REPowerEU” plan and the “Fit for 55” package, which aim to accelerate the deployment of renewable energy sources, diversify energy supplies and achieve stable energy savings.
