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We will study this special property of fluids in detail. Buoyancy makes it easier to lift a heavy object when it is lying underwater than when it is lying on the ground. If the water is salty, it becomes even easier for us to swim in it. This property of fluids is termed buoyancy.ĭue to the buoyancy of the water, we can swim in it easily.
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When we immerse an object in a fluid, it experiences an upward force that makes it lighter. Liquids and gases are classified as fluids. Fluids are those substances that can flow. Necessity is the mother of invention and energy storage is an obvious necessity for a 1GW windfarm, so STOP installing ‘intermittent’ designs.Buoyancy is a special property of fluids to make objects immersed in them lighter. Prevention is the only logical, affordable and sustainable (circular economy) approach. There is no ‘cure’ for the expensive (Batteries? No thank you!) problem of electricity storage. We’re stymied, if the state cannot organise this basic, functional economic model for all our future power requirements.ĢTW of intermittent RE installed capacity is an operations nightmare. The disparate sectors must merge into ONE new industry, which is something a disorganised, ‘competitive’ private sector could never entertain. That’s about as far removed from ‘reinventing the wheel’ as you could possibly get. The fundamental error in the design convention of ALL Marine Energy devices is the production of (inevitably intermittent) electricity using (direct-drive) generators that harvest wind/wave or tidal power separate from each other. The HAWT wasn’t fit for offshore deployment 30 years ago and it never will be. The “fixation” that truly needs to be fixed is the industry’s love affair with those turbines in the image above. It is the government’s responsibility to set the rules and regulations for the industry’s rapid, managed decline and (unfortunately for us) they’ll also have to manage the ‘design’ of its novel replacement. the offshore oil and gas industry has no future, on an environmentally benign planet. The depth of water is irrelevant and floating wind/wave is the future. If we adopt and adapt tried and tested deep-water innovations such as this, the benefits to local manufacturing, levelised cost of energy, and investor risk will be enormous.”
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We don’t need to reinvent the wheel with each step we take towards cleaning up our energy supply – for example, articulated columns have more than four decades of proven use in the oil and gas industry.
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Hatton said: “As an industry, we have to consider which technology will work best for the proposed site and the communities surrounding it. Furthermore, these designs can be constructed from materials that can be manufactured in regional hubs close to the site of the offshore wind project. According to Enterprize Energy, Articulated Wind Columns can be constructed at sites over 110m deep with a compact footprint which allows for a greater number of turbines and more flexible placement than floating wind. One foundation design that has a core role in enabling deep water development is the Articulated Wind Column initiative led by ODE in partnership with AWC Tech Ltd – a buoyant, vertical structure with a fixed, iron-ore base. Innovative foundation designs beyond floating platforms must not be left out of the conversation.” However, the positioning of floating wind as the primary route to unlocking deep-water capacity at a global scale is stifling the development of regional production hubs and impacting the cost-effectiveness of potential projects. In a statement, Ian Hatton, chairman, Enterprize Energy commented: “Floating platform designs are lauded as the solution to deep-water challenges, with a number of exciting projects having demonstrated commercial viability at certain sites. To unlock this capacity turbine foundations need to be installed in areas with siting challenges such as uneven seabed and powerful tidal conditions. The Carbon Trust has found that development at deep water sites of over 60m would boost European offshore wind capacity by 4TW and US capacity by 2TW. World’s first floating wind farm delivers electricity to grid Second wind: could floating turbines reshape offshore renewables? This is the view of Singapore headquartered Enterprize Energy, a low carbon energy developer that said it is taking a ‘resource-first’ approach to the energy transition. Deep-water offshore wind development is being hindered by a focus on floating wind at the expense of fixed-bottom or buoyant foundations.