An offshore renewable energy system mounting platform is provided for positioning a renewable energy converter in a body of water. The platform comprises: a frame having a first structural member and a second structural member, the first and second structural members positioned adjacent one another at a mating connection; and at least one mooring member affixed to the frame at a tethering location, the at least one mooring member arranged to tether the frame to a bed of the body of water in an in-use configuration; wherein at least one of the first and second structural members comprises a buoyancy; and wherein in the in-use configuration, a tension in the mooring member is arranged to counteract said buoyancy to urge and/or bias the first and second structural members together at the mating connection. The present disclosure aims to provide a platform that can been manufactured as a set of pre-fabricated modular components in a wide supply chain, which are subsequently assembled into the complete platform at non-specialist outdoor yard facilities without the need for specialist shipbuilding facilities, and which provides optimum stability when deployed.
RENEWABLE ENERGY PLATFORM WITH OPTIMISED ASSEMBLY
2023-08-10
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B63B Schiffe oder sonstige Wasserfahrzeuge , SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS |