Onsite Blade Exchange on a Tension-Leg Platform Floating Wind Turbine using a Self-Climbing Crane

Floating offshore wind turbines offer a means to access wind resources in waters that are too deep for bottom-fixed offshore wind turbines. To operate a floating wind farm, it must be possible to perform maintenance on the turbines. A critical maintenance aspect is the exchange of a major component such as a blade. It involves a lift of a large...

Modelling of semi-floating XXL monopiles: Modelling the behavior of an upright semi-floating XXL monopile using the concept of trapped air

Over the past few decades, there has been a significant increase in global energy consumption. To address the risks associated with climate change, there is an increasing urgency to transition towards renewable energy sources. With this growing demand, the interest in offshore wind energy has increased significantly, leading to the construction...

A Review and Analysis of the Uncertainty Within Cost Models for Floating Offshore Wind Farms

The development and deployment of offshore wind farms in the last decade have seen a dramatic increase, now totalling 743 GW globally (Global Wind Energy Council, 2022). This rapid increase is expected to further continue now with the potential to explore deeper sites with the adoption of floating offshore platforms. Proof of this growth has...

Turn the Tide: A dive into the possibilities of sustainable water sports

This report will give an in depth view on the technical feasibility of placing an offshore platform from which watersports can be practiced in the waters surrounding the island of Bonaire. The feasibility research is done by appointment of two entrepreneurs on the island of Bonaire. The report will give an answer to the research question: Can an...

Designing a sanitation system for floating communities

An increasing trend of urbanization, land shortages and frequent floodings have created unfavorable living circumstances for Philippine inhabitants. Finch Floating Homes aims to repurpose the permanently flooded ricefields in Hagonoy into flood-proof, typhoon-resilient, affordable housing. The floating neighborhood will serve as storm-resilient...

From the Sea into the Sky: A Research into the Feaibility of Floating High-rise Structures

Due to global warming and the subsequent rise of the sea level, scarcity of land to build on, the continues increase of the world’s population and a shift in population from rural areas to the city, there is a need for innovative projects to tackle or deal with the increase of needed liveable area. One of the solutions is floating cities. A...

A workability study on floating installation of monopiles using the MUST

Adapting the size of upending cradles according to the ever-increasing dimensions of offshore wind turbine monopiles is costly and requires structural modifications to the associated Heavy Lift Vessels (HLVs). This study therefore investigates the potential of the Monopile Upending Smart Tool (MUST), which is a platform suspended in the HLV...

Maashaven Bridge

The Maashaven Bridge unlocks the potential of Maashaven - utilizing the factor of an iconic intervention, the harbor transformation process is kick-started and a previously industrial waterfront redevelops the urban identity of the harbor and Rotterdam South to a lively urban environment. The floating structure addresses the needs of the...

Improvement of the operating reliability of the BAM Tidal Bridge by reducing the dynamic response due to waves

The BAM Tidal Bridge is a proposed bifunctional concept of a bridge connection between two Indonesian islands, and the world’s largest tidal power plant. The wave forcing on the floating structure leads to an undesired dynamic response and a decreased operating reliability. The thesis objective is about designing an additional structure or a...

Technical Challenges and Benefits of Integrating Atlantic Salmon Production in Floating Offshore Wind Farms: A conceptual design study

Multi-use of offshore platforms is a long-term research challenge which aims to combine food and energy production at sea. Research in this field is in its infancy, literature is scarce and without much cross-referencing. The aim of this thesis has been to develop a coherent set of recommendations for the further development of multi-use...

Floating for Health: A floating solution for the lack of healthcare facilities in rural flood-prone regions of West Bengal, India

"Floating for Health" is a project of the Architectural Engineering graduation studio at the Delft university of Technology. This research and design project explores the problems of rural flood-prone areas in low-income regions and proposes a solution for the lack of healthcare facilities. The context that has been chosen is the region of West...

Tidal Wave Energy Converter

This report focuses on a feasibility study of a device that harvests electricity from the vertical motion of pontoons in tidal waves. The study includes an overall look into tidal prediction through laser satellite altimetry and converts the ocean based data of these models into near shore approximations. Furthermore the report compares several...

Building Technology for climate change adaptation

If we look at the energy consumption of a household we see transport is number one. Open areas in a downtown area are not easy to find, which explains the long travel distance people make. Old harbors are located in the center of a city on the other hand are mostly wasteland. The rea- son is that the area has a high flood risk because it is...

Innovative Stadium Design

Each four years for every World Cup event, 10 large stadiums are needed. These stadiums fulfill their purpose for only one month and afterwards the hosting country will be left with stadiums too big for their own competition or needs. The step from football stadium to multifunctional stadium is already made, in our view the next step is turning...

The floating construction method: A new method of constructing large submerged and floating structures

Parking problems in cities become more significant every day. Parking tariffs are going through the roof and parking spaces are limited. Therefore, cities are researching alternatives for parking on ground level and underground. One of these alternatives is parking underwater. One of these cities is Amsterdam. This city ranks number 5 on the...

Floating Olympic Stadium 2028: The Olympic Games in the Netherlands

research questions: -How can you develop a compact Olympic Games that also can be reused or redeveloped for the period after the Olympics? -How can you create a (sport) accommodation that can be used for multiple functions (and on different locations) by using the water as an advantage and quality?