Floating platform, in particular for an offshore wind turbine, having improved stability

Abstract

A floating platform, in particular a platform for a wind turbine, which affords improved stability by an arrangement of anchoring tendons. The floating platform includes a float, tendons, fixing mechanisms for attaching an upper end of each of the tendons to the float, and anchoring mechanisms for fixing a lower end of each of the tendons to a seabed. The tendons include tendons of a first type, arranged vertically, and tendons of a second type, arranged obliquely, between their attachment and anchoring mechanisms. The tendons are arranged alternately around a main axis and designed so that, in an operational position, the float is kept submerged at a depth below the surface of the water, and, at least the vertical tendons are kept taut. A method for assembling such a platform and the wind turbine thereof as well as to a method for anchoring the platform offshore.

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