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Project To Demonstrate 15+ MW Turbine On Ocergy’s Floating Platform Kicks Off

The title of this post, is the same as that of this article on offshoreWIND.biz.

This is the sub-heading.

The Reduced Commercial Risks with Demo of 15+ MW (RECORD15) joint industry project, which aims to install a latest generation turbine with a rated power over 15 MW on Ocergy’s floating platform in 2028, has been launched

The visualisation of the 15 MW turbine on its float in the article is impressive.

These two paragraphs add more details.

The Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) contract for this pilot project was recently signed between Ocergy and three offshore wind developers: EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG, Kyuden Mirai Energy, and TEPCO Renewable Power.

Ocergy’s platform, the turbine agnostic OCG-Wind, is a modular design supporting an optimised assembly process from pre-fabricated steel sub-assemblies, allowing serial production using today’s existing supply chain and infrastructure, said the company.

Note.

• The average size of onshore wind turbine in the UK is 1.6 MW.
• Whitelee wind farm in Scotland, which is the largest onshore wind farm in the UK, uses 215 x 2.5 MW turbines.
• The Dogger Bank wind farm used 13 and 14 MW turbines on fixed foundations.

A 15+ MW turbine on a floating foundation will surely give Ocergy’s technology a very good test.

But it will be needed.

This is the overview of the Bowdun wind farm in Scotland, taken from the project’s web site.

The Bowdun Offshore Wind Farm will be located in the E3 leasing zone, which lies 44km off the coast of Aberdeenshire.

The zone, awarded to TWP under the ScotWind leasing round in January 2022, covers an area of 187km.

With water depths below 70m, it is highly suitable for fixed-foundation turbines, which will most likely sit on jacket foundations.

TWP plans to develop a 1GW offshore wind farm at the site. The base case is that the farm will number between 40-60 turbines, using ‘next-generation’ models with a capacity
between 18 MW and 25 MW. Construction is anticipated to commence in 2029 with commissioning planned for 2032-2033.

This project base case will evolve as we gain knowledge from our site investigations and conduct technology research.

If turbines between 18 MW and 25 MW are to be used on fixed foundations, I can see a need to develop floats that will handle them.

June 23, 2025 - Posted by AnonW | Design, Energy | Bowdun Wind Farm, Floating Wind Power, Ocergy, Offshore Wind Power, Wind Power