Samsung Heavy Industries has been producing wind towers since 2013 and this is not a surprise, the news is that the company is bringing an innovative solution to the offshore wind energy market: A float with wind towers that promises to reduce installation time
Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) is venturing into the offshore wind market and developing a new model of an offshore wind float. This Monday (19), the company announced that it received Approval in Principle (AiP) for its float model with 9,5 scale wind towers.
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Wind towers with optimized design
Removing the steel structure that supports the offshore wind generator known as the pontoon will help to dramatically shorten the construction period from design and transportation to construction and installation.
Due to 40 years of data analysis, including wind strength, water depth and tide, Samsung has developed an optimized design that ensures safety in extreme marine environments.
Samsung began developing the floating water tank model with offshore wind towers in October last year, before completing testing of the floating water tank model at the Korean Institute of Ship Research and Ocean Engineering (Kriso) in March alongside classification societies, government agencies and other partners.
Samsung promotes sustainability with investments in offshore wind energy
According to the head of technology department at Samsung Heavy Industries, Ho-Hyun Jung, the global movement to fight climate change is growing exponentially and so there is a great demand for renewable energy technologies such as offshore wind energy.
Therefore, this platform with floating offshore wind towers is expected to help combat climate change. Samsung claims it bases its designs on floating oil drilling rigs.
The objective is to suppress future demand for this type of renewable energy, developing a competitive model, based on its terrestrial engineering capabilities.
Meet Samsung Heavy Industries
Samsung Heavy Industries was founded in 1974 and is a subsidiary of the South Korean conglomerate. It is one of the largest shipyards in South Korea and also became a wind tower manufacturer in 2013.
The company operates three industrial plants in South Korea: Goeje Shipyard, Daeduk R&D and Pangyo R&D Center, in addition to also operating two others abroad. SHI builds passenger and cargo ships and FPSOs for oil exploration. At the end of the 80s, it began to produce vehicles, starting with forklifts and in 93, it began producing trucks and prototypes of electric cars.
