Preliminary feasibility study of a floating offshore wind plant along Italian coastal area

Nowadays, wind technology can be considered mature and widespread technology, and its diffusion is strictly connected to the availability and accessibility of windy sites. The specific orographic configuration considered has to be capable of developing the diffusion of wind farms, and suggests the use of these alternative system configurations. The paper intend to analyze the feasibility of a floating offshore wind plant along the coast. Once all existing technologies has been studied, a proposal plant configuration has been analyzed and preliminary designed from technical and economic point of view. Moreover, the floating device has been simulated and the results deeply discussed and analyzed. Finally the possibility of a prototype construction has been investigated.