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 is a Chartered Engineer with a first-class master’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Bath and has been working for 2H Offshore since 2004. Alex has significant experience in the design and analysis of drilling and production systems for deepwater and shallow water developments, most notably as lead analysis engineer for BP’s Block 31 PSVM freestanding hybrid riser design project. Alex has taken on a number of managerial roles at 2H, including technical manager of the Norwich office, where he was responsible for integrating UWG’s shallow water riser and conductor engineering team and business into 2H. He has been a director in our London office since 2011.
