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Figure 5: Ideas <strong>for</strong> floating wind turbines: SWAY (l) <strong>and</strong> Hywind (r)New ideas offshoreThe strength of <strong>the</strong> offshore market, <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> very different conditions found offshore,make it likely that completely new types of offshore turbine may emerge. An example is<strong>the</strong> vertical-axis floating turbine illustrated in Figure 6.Vertical-axis turbines have been tried <strong>and</strong> rejected <strong>for</strong> onshore use. The logic <strong>for</strong> using<strong>the</strong>m offshore runs as follows: <strong>the</strong> need to install turbines in deep water, wherefoundations are expensive, makes floating turbines an attractive idea. But conventionalhorizontal-axis turbines carry a large amount of weight at <strong>the</strong> top of <strong>the</strong> tower (high “topmass”), <strong>and</strong> this can cause balance problems <strong>for</strong> floating turbines. Vertical-axis turbineshave lower top mass <strong>and</strong> do not need to turn into <strong>the</strong> wind, so large floating versions maybecome attractive.Figure 6: The Risø DTU vertical-axis floating wind turbineRisø International <strong>Energy</strong> Conference 2011 Proceedings Page 211

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