Project overview:
Design, Fabrication, and Pilot Testing of a Floating Construction Station for Domestic Manufacture, Assembly, Launch, and Retrieval of Floating Wind Turbines
Awardee:
Sperra
Start Date:
Q4, 2025
Technical Challenge Area:
Floating Structure Engineering
Completion Date:
N/A (Currently Underway)
Synopsis:
This project advances a modular, 3D-printed concrete Floating Construction Station to address U.S. offshore wind port and supply-chain bottlenecks. A 1:16-scale prototype will be demonstrated at the Port of Los Angeles, supporting scalable, non-proprietary manufacturing of floating foundations for 15-MW turbines.
Target Outcomes:
1
Demonstration of a 1:16-scale Floating Construction Station prototype validating modular construction, launch, and retrieval concepts.
2
A basis of design and technical roadmap for a full-scale system supporting 15-MW floating offshore wind foundations.
3
Shared, non-proprietary insights to accelerate U.S. floating wind manufacturing capacity using domestic concrete supply chains.
