Floating power generation platform
AssigneeMighty Waves Energy, LLC.
InventorsDoug Wolfe, Mark Hessels
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Abstract
A floating power generation platform includes a water plane platform having a plurality of buoyant columns, and at least one tower extending above the water plane platform. The tower is configured to support at least one first power generation system and has a center core configured for stowing a deployable member. The floating power generation platform includes a deployable spar movable between a stowed position, in which the deployable spar is stowed within the center core of the tower, and a deployed position, in which the deployable spar is extended below the water plane platform.
Claims21
A floating power generation platform comprising:
- a water plane platform including a plurality of buoyant columns;
- at least one tower extending above the water plane platform and configured to support at least one power generation system, the at least one tower having a center core capable of hosting a stowed member;
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- a deployable spar, as the stowed member, movable between a stowed position, in which the deployable spar is stowed within the center core of the tower, and a deployed position, in which the deployable spar is extended below the water plane platform and each column;
- wherein the deployable spar is configured to host one or more of at least one second power generation system, at least one power storage system, and at least one power consumption system within the deployable spar.
A method of deploying a floating power generation platform, the method comprising the steps of:
- assembling the floating power generation platform near a shore, including stowing a deployable spar in a hollow center core of a tower of the floating power generation platform, the deployable spar being configured to host one or more of at least one power generation system, at least one power storage system and at least one power consumption system within the deployable spar;
- transporting the floating power generation platform to an offshore operating location;
- moving the deployable spar from a stowed position, in which the deployable spar is stowed within the center core of the tower of the floating power generation platform, to a deployed position, in which the deployable spar is extended below a water plane platform and each column of the floating power generation platform to a predefined operational depth;
- locking the deployable spar in the deployed position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.