This article proposes a review of the modeling approaches for floating offshore wind turbines (FOWTs) nonlinear control design. The aerodynamic, hydrodynamic and mooring line dynamic modules FOWT have been reviewed to provide an overview several with their respective features. Next, three control-oriented models from literature are revisited by presenting methodological identification. These co...

Wind power is currently the fastest growing renewable energy application in the United States. Many regions, however, such as the state of Florida, do not have high enough average wind speeds for wind power to be economically feasible. Nevertheless, Florida's extensive coastline may present the opportunity for implementing offshore wind technology. Offshore winds are typically stronger due to t...

The U.S. Department of Energy has estimated that over 50 GW of offshore wind power will be required for the United States to generate 20% of its electricity from wind. Developers are actively planning offshore wind farms along the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf coasts and several leases have been signed for offshore sites. These planned projects are in areas that are sometimes struck by hurricanes. We ...

Although early experiences indicate that the maturity of deployed technology might not be sufficient for operating wind farms in large scale far away from shore, the rapid development of offshore wind energy is in full progress. Driven by the demand of customers and the pressure to keep pace with competitors, offshore wind turbine manufacturers continuously develop larger wind turbines instead ...

In this paper an overview about floating offshore wind turbines (FOWT) including operating conditions, property and applicability of the barge, tension-leg, and spar floating platforms is described. The spar-floating offshore wind turbines (S-FOWT) have advantages in deepwater and their preliminary design, numerical modeling tools and integrated modeling are reviewed. Important conclusions abou...

Wind power has expanded significantly over the past years, although reliability of wind turbine systems, especially of offshore wind turbines, has been many times unsatisfactory in the past. Wind turbine failures are equivalent to crucial financial losses. Therefore, creating and applying strategies that improve the reliability of their components is important for a successful implementation of...

Offshore wind power is one of the fastest-growing renewable energy sources, as it expected to play a major role in transition towards sustainability and net zero emissions. Despite its potential, interaction turbines with oceanic waves, especially case floating turbines, main drawbacks associated it. In fact, mechanical oscillations caused by waves could potentially alter operation lifetime tur...

This paper presents the stability enhancement of four parallel-operated offshore Wind Turbine Generators (WTGs) is connected to an onshore power system using a Static Synchronous Compensator (STATCOM). The operating characteristics of each of the four WTGs are simulated by wind permanent magnet synchronous generator while the onshore power system is simulated by a Synchronous Generator (SG) fed...