A floating vessel (1) having three buoyant bodies (3,5,7) for supporting a horizontal axis wind turbine (6) and wind turbine tower (27), the floating vessel (1) provided with a geostationary mooring system that permits it to weathervane in order to head the wind turbine (6) into the wind, and having a wind turbine tower mount (29) for supporting the wind turbine tower (27) the wind turbine tower mount (29) having a base section (60), a bracing section (58) and a wind turbine tower attachment section (62), and the floating vessel (1) further having a first side brace (13a), a second side brace (13b) and a longitudinal brace (13c) each attached between the bracing section (58) and a first buoyant body (5), a second buoyant body (7) and a central buoyant body (3) respectively.
Floating vessel with wind turbine tower mount
2024-01-03
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
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