LR approves ballast control system from Seaplace

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Ballast control system designed to improve the stability of floating offshore wind platforms.

LR has granted Seaplace Approval in Principle for its active ballast control system, designed specifically for the company’s floating offshore wind platforms concept, CROWN, a novel technology that includes both buoy and reduced-draft spar operational concepts, expected to reduce CAPEX costs of the floating wind generation.   Seaplace’s active ballast control system is used to ballast/de-ballast the unit, changing the floater from its transport draft to its operational draft and vice versa. The system can also be used to partially or fully compensate the mean tilt produced by the wind... ... More: Official Press Release Lloyd's Register

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Lloyds Register, LR, Seaplace, floating, ballast control system, wind farm, offshore, stability, appoval, buoy, CROWN