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Grant Award View - GA281738
Reducing geotechnical design conservatism to secure floating wind energy
GA ID:
GA281738
Agency:
Australian Research Council
Approval Date:
19-Jan-2023
Publish Date:
1-Feb-2023
Category:
Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HASS) Research
Grant Term:
19-Jan-2023 to 31-Dec-2025
Value (AUD):
$594,700.00
(GST inclusive where applicable)
One-off/Ad hoc:
No
Aggregate Grant Award:
No
PBS Program Name:
ARC 22/23 Discovery
Grant Program:
Discovery Projects
Grant Activity:
Reducing geotechnical design conservatism to secure floating wind energy
Purpose:
The next frontier for offshore wind energy is moving further out to sea to avail of stronger and more consistent wind speeds. In these water depths, wind turbines are installed on floaters tethered to anchors in the seabed. Geotechnical design of anchors is inherently conservative, having been shaped by technical and economic considerations of oil and gas facilities. The offshore wind energy industry cannot afford to adopt such conservatism if floating wind is to become commercially viable. This project will, through numerical developments, geotechnical centrifuge modelling and field testing, develop the science that will lead to a reliability-based geotechnical design approach to make floating offshore wind energy economic and viable.
GO ID:
GO Title:
Discovery Projects for funding commencing in 2023
Internal Reference ID:
DP23 Round 1
Selection Process:
Targeted or Restricted Competitive
Confidentiality - Contract:
No
Confidentiality - Outputs:
No
Grant Recipient Details
Recipient Name:
The University of Western Australia
Recipient ABN:
37 882 817 280
Grant Recipient Location
Suburb:
NEDLANDS
Town/City:
NEDLANDS
Postcode:
6009
State/Territory:
WA
Country:
AUSTRALIA
Grant Delivery Location
State/Territory:
WA
Postcode:
6009
Country:
AUSTRALIA