Mooring and Power Cable Challenges for Floating Offshore Wind
EVENT: Future Trends and Innovations in Offshore Wind
1 Dec 2021
This presentation will cover the following challenges of FOW Dynamic Cable Configuration:
Requires reliability in extreme environments while remaining economical
Relatively shallow water
High sustained winds
Large seastates (likely very directional, large % of WD)
Small, light floaters with dynamic motions (6DOF and large offsets)
Range of key design attributes to meet:
Functionality/Operations/Reliability
Strength
Fatigue
Environmental impact
Cost (materials, installation, maintenance, insurance)
Risk (applies to all the above)
Author
Alex Rimmer
Director, UK
About
Alex joined 2H Offshore in 2004 and has been a UK Director since 2011, based in 2H’s London Office. He is jointly responsible for 2H’s European offices and engineering activities across the EMEA regions.
Alex is a Chartered Engineer with the IMechE and holds a first-class Master of Engineering degree from the University of Bath. He has over 20 years of project execution and management experience developed at 2H and in previous roles.
He is a recognised subject matter expert in dynamic subsea system analysis and engineering and provides technical oversight and consultancy to a broad range of deep and shallow water energy projects. He specialises in all types of drilling, completion and production riser systems, as well as platform well and subsea well systems. For the past 5 years, he has primarily been driving forward 2H UK's floating wind (coupled analysis, power cables, moorings and anchor piles) and CCUS well activities, but continues to support the projects in oil and gas as well.
He has been involved in many challenging and innovative offshore subsea and renewable developments. His energy sector highlights include BP’s Block 31 PSVM and Total’s Kaombo hybrid riser detailed designs, Total’s West of Shetland UK subsea development and many of Aker BP’s well platforms in Norway. Renewable energy highlights include support to industry initiatives with ORE Catapult on floating wind HV power cables, and several pioneering wave energy and floating wind platforms and developments.
