© Copyright to VL Offshore LLC, 2022
ARPA-E ATLANTIS (US DoE) Project
Project: A Low-cost Floating Offshore Vertical Axis Wind System
VL Offshore (VLO) has developed a low cost floating wind platform as part of a
consortium team led by the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD). VLO scope
includes: low-cost TLP type foundation design, hull structure, tendon system,
tendon pile, installation, stability and prototype platform specification.
Two innovative TLP type solutions developed are FloatVAWT and Mars-Wind
for a large VAWT (10+MW) that are moored vertically with tendons at a water
depth of 100m or deeper. Recently the Mars-Wind with a UTD 15MW vertical axis
turbine was studied for a California offshore project at a water depth of 800m
and the results indicate that the Mars-Wind will be commercially and logistically
feasible solution. Link to the Presentation.
Advantages of the Mars-Wind include its suitability for deep-water sites and also
where no facilities exist for large turbine platform fabrication.
Project Info: University of Texas at Dallas
© Copyright to VL Offshore LLC, 2022
ARPA-E ATLANTIS (US DoE) Project
Project: A Low-cost Floating Offshore Vertical Axis
Wind System
VL Offshore (VLO) has developed a low cost floating wind
platform among several other consortium team members led
by University of Texas at Dallas (UTD). VLO scopes include:
low-cost TLP type foundation design, hull structure, tendon
system, tendon pile, installation, stability and prototype
platform specification.
Two innovative TLP type solutions
developed are FloatVAWT and Mars-
Wind for a large VAWT (10+MW) that
are moored vertically with tendons at a
water depth of 100m or deeper.
Recently the Mars-Wind with a UTD
15MW vertical axis turbine was studied
for a California offshore project at a
water depth of 800m and the results
indicate that the Mars-Wind will be
commercially and logistically feasible
solution. Link to the Presentation.
Advantages of the Mars-Wind include
its suitability for deep-water sites and
also where no facilities exist for large
turbine platform fabrication.
Project Info: University of Texas at Dallas