Passively self-adjusting floating wind farm layout

In future floating windfarms, the annual energy yield can be increased by optimising the mooring system such that the turbines float to more beneficial positions during prevailing wind conditions. The method involves calculating floater movements for a wide range of potential mooring properties (e.g. chain length, chain orientation, chain thickness), linking this to energy yield and calculating an optimum mooring configuration. A first paper on this topic was prepared by a German author and demonstrated a significant gain. We would like to pick this up and make it available for the offshore industry to use. We are looking for a partner with expertise on mooring systems and a project developer with floating ambitions to partner with.