Worldwide certification physique DNV has issued a Assertion of Compliance for Bouygues Travaux Publics’ OO-Star concrete floating wind-turbine basis.
Bouygues mentioned the certification will assist commercialise the idea, which secured Approval in Precept in September 2024.
Based as Det Norske Veritas in 1864, Oslo-headquartered DNV checks and certifies marine infrastructure. Greater than 100 international locations recognise its accreditations.
OO-Star is likely one of the first concrete floating wind-power buildings to realize the Assertion of Compliance, also called the Primary Design Certificates.
The floater can maintain a wind turbine with a producing capability of 15MW and extra.
Bouygues mentioned its design was knowledgeable by a database of the North Sea’s wind, present, and wave patterns. The corporate referred to as DNV’s certification “a serious milestone within the improvement of floating offshore wind generators”.
The certificates validated the construction’s hydrodynamic behaviour and Bouygues’ strategies and engineering practices.
Bouygues Travaux Publics’ chief govt, Bertrand Burtschell, mentioned: “For Bouygues Travaux Publics, present process stringent audit and certification processes is a method to offer our shoppers with a sturdy and environment friendly idea.”
Bouygues mentioned it can maintain working with DNV to get OO-Star as much as “Technical Readiness Stage 8” (TRL 8), which is the ultimate certification required for mass manufacturing.
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