Floating

Offshore Wind Energy Solutions with Optimal Stability and Efficiency

Our floating turbines, currently in development, are designed to harness offshore wind energy efficiently. Mounted on floating platforms in counter-rotating pairs, the opposing high-torque forces neutralize each other, substantially reducing the yawing motion being transferred into the platform and improving overall stability. This makes the architecture particularly well suited to deep-water deployment, where wind speeds are stronger and more consistent.
Flag Turbines’ variable-pitch architecture continuously optimizes lift, torque and drag. The large blades generate high lift forces, while the blade-pitching mechanism maintains the optimum angle of attack throughout each rotation. Our omnidirectional design captures wind from all directions without the need for repositioning, making it well suited to the dynamic conditions at sea.
Our much lower-profile turbines can also be deployed farther offshore, reducing their presence on the horizon and minimizing visual impact on coastal communities.

Prioritizing Marine Life

Floating Flag Turbines offer clear advantages for marine ecosystems. Conventional offshore turbines are typically installed on monopiles driven into the seabed, a noisy, high-impact process, and their operational vibration travels down the structure into the seabed. Our floating turbines are moored rather than piled, which avoids pile-driving altogether and is designed to greatly reduce underwater noise and vibration. This helps limit disturbance to marine mammals, such as whales and dolphins, that rely on sound to navigate and communicate.

BENEFITS OF OUR FLOATING MODEL

All-Direction Wind Capture

Flag Turbines can capture wind from any direction without the need for mechanical repositioning, making this version well-suited to the changing wind patterns found offshore.

Access to Stronger Winds

Our Floatable Flag Turbines can be deployed in deeper waters, where wind speeds are higher and more consistent, leading to greater energy production.

Better Visual Acceptance

The lower profile of our floating turbines reduces visual intrusion on coastal communities, which helps improve public acceptance of offshore wind projects.

Deeper Water Deployment

Floating Flag Turbines can operate in much deeper waters compared to fixed-bottom turbines, opening up new areas for wind energy that are inaccessible to traditional turbines.

Enhanced Stability

The vertical-axis design and low center of gravity provide greater stability on floating platforms, helping the turbines cope with rough sea conditions.

Modular

The modular design allows easier installation, phased expansion of wind farms and relocation of turbines if needed.

Low Maintenance

With no gearbox and a simple design, our floating turbines are designed for easier maintenance, reducing long-term operating costs and downtime.

Minimized Environmental Disruption

Floating Flag Turbines are moored rather than fixed to the seabed, so their seabed footprint is far smaller than that of fixed-bottom turbines, reducing their impact on marine ecosystems.

Bird & Bat Friendly

Bird and bat safety is built into the design. The blades turn slowly, at 20 to 30 rpm, and are four to five times larger than a conventional turbine’s, so they are easy to see. They move horizontally across the line of sight, not vertically through flight paths.

Increased Wind Potential

By enabling deployment in deep waters and therefore expanding the available area for wind energy generation, floating Flag Turbines can significantly enhance renewable energy capacity, helping to meet both local and global energy demands.

Delivery and setup process

Technical Information

Dimensions (m, wxhxl): 4 x 4 x 17
Weight (g): 5,000 kg
Output: 100 VDC, battery storage
Generator power (W): 2×25 kW
Minimum wind: 3 km/h or 2 mph
Maximum wind: 85 km/h or 52 mph
Brake: Aerodynamic

EU Compliance

Environmental noise 2002/49/EC
Safety IEC-61400