With expertise in Naval Architecture, Ocean Engineering & Analysis, Marine Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and Detail/Production Design, Glosten initially conceived of the PelaStar Tension Leg Turbine Platform in 2006, steadily progressed the technology, and completed a FEED Study for a full-scale 6MW demonstration platform in 2014.
Glosten, a Seattle-based engineering consultancy founded in 1958, is recognized throughout the marine industry for innovative solutions that integrate advanced analysis with practical, experience-based design. IRENA announced GICON as "First mover" for its innovative research and development of the GICON - SOF, the first German floating TLP foundation. GICON has been heavily involved in the process of preparing the field for floating foundations for many years. Office locations throughout Germany and in various European and Asian locations as well as in the Americas provide services close to the client. The GICON ® SOF floating offshore foundation offers the ideal solution for these two future issues. GICON's headquarters is in Dresden, Germany. The group operates under the registered trademark GICON. GICON is an incorporated group of independent engineering and consulting companies founded in 1994. The TLP technology is insured by prominent insurance companies. Fully integrated, engineered, certificated, detailed design packages will be delivered to developers and power producers. These tests included the towing of the SOF using the. Using the TLP approach, the GICON-SOF can also be deployed in shallow water. The result is a single-source TLP solution with a levelized cost of energy (LCOE) lower than other floating technologies ($76/MWh for a 6-8MW turbine-based wind farm). : A 1:50 scale model of the GICON® SOF (Floating Offshore Foundation) was exposed to tank tests for transport and installation process experiments from 17th to 27th September 2018 at the SSPA Maritime Dynamics Laboratory in Gothenburg, Sweden. 3 of these 7 projects involve floating foundations and highlight the U.S. The companies both have engineering as their core business, but with different strengths and geographic presence. Their collaboration will advance each design type and open the door for potential hybrid solutions to evolve.
The GICON -SOF and the Glosten/PelaStar technologies have complementary advantages.
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SEATTLE, WA, /24-7PressRelease/ - GICON and Glosten have formed a strategic business relationship combining resources to develop optimum Tension Leg Platform (TLP) offshore wind foundation designs for the full range of water depths (20 to 500m), for all metocean conditions, seabed types and turbine size. Fully integrated, engineered, certificated, detailed design packages will be delivered to developers and power producers. (2012): Floating foundations for offshore wind energy systems - the bracing effect on resonance characteristics (available in.