Gallery: OWPST Titan floating platform concept

USA: Offshore Wind Power Systems of Texas' floating turbine platform design allows construction to take place on land.

by David Weston 25 July 2014

  • Offshore Wind Systems of Texas designed the Titan floating platform

    Offshore Wind Systems of Texas designed the Titan floating platform

  • The design utilises a Y-shaped hull

    The design utilises a Y-shaped hull

  • The turbine can be installed on the platform on land

    The turbine can be installed on the platform on land

  • The foundation and turbine can then be towed to the project site

    The foundation and turbine can then be towed to the project site

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The Titan platform is a part-floating, part self installing jack up platform designed at reducing installation costs.

OWPST says a turbine can be placed on the Y-shaped platform at the construction site onshore and then the entire structure can be towed to the project site.

The platform is jacked up on tripod supports, which penetrate the seabed, and then lifted above the water surface.

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