The technical review used the service specification DNV-SE-190 to detail and clarify the certification activities and facilitate achieving compliance for the new concept.
While DNV’s Statement of Feasibility is an optional step in the certification process, it verifies new concepts and opens the door to new and innovative designs that have the potential to reduce costs and accelerate the growth of offshore wind, Entrion Wind said.
The FRP monopile concept combines fixed and floating platform technologies extending the water depths of the monopile up to 100 metres.
The foundation’s main components include a monopile with an air-can (AC) in one piece, a transition piece with a load ring, and a mooring system which can either be taut moorings with pile anchors or taut moorings with suction piles.
Entrion Wind is developing the FRP technology through the technology readiness level (TRL) process targeting commercial operations by 2026.
