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6.3. Atlantic Floating Wind
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Introduction
Concept Background
Ross was a keen angler in his younger days. One of the learned skills, involved distance casting of fishing floats in windy conditions on Irish Lakes.
Specialist floats are employed for this type of angling. They comprise elongated hollow-tube or balsa sticks, suitably weighted at the bottom. They are designed to settle deep in the water so as to avoid surface turbulence. Only a brightly-coloured tip protrudes above the surface; just sufficient to be visible at long distance. Waves wash over the floats with constant regularity. An interruption to this regularity signals the interest of a fish in the bait below.
Concept Outline
It occurred to Ross that the weighted fishing float design, with its proven success in distance angling, could possibly be adapted to support a wind turbine in waters of a certain depth around Ireland's storm-wracked Atlantic Fringe.
The engineering principles are quite simple.
Further calculation & experimentation is required.
Engineering components need to be sufficiently robust to survive expected weather conditions.
Consideration could be given to motorized gyroscopic stabilization of both the float and turbine to maximize platform stability.
Envisaged Location
Ireland's Continental Shelf extends to some 10x the size of the Land Area. Much of it lies on the Wild Atlantic side, with high wind velocities that lend themselves to massive energy generation. The problem is of course, that severe conditions are very destructive of normal engineering solutions.
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Floatation Design Concept
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Heading 6
Shannon Floating Wind
Pumped Hydro Link
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Kinsale Floating Wind
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EU Grid Interconnector
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Ireland's Continental Shelf
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Tidal Currents Ireland
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Wind Speeds Ireland
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Wind Speed / Wave Table
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Example of Spar Buoy principle in use.
See: RP Flip - www.scripps.ucsd.edu
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Floating Installation & Service Platform 
Concept Sketch

Comment 28.4.20:

A Study for Offshore Energy cooperation involving Scotland, Northern Ireland and Ireland has been in progress for some years.

See: www.islesproject.eu

While admirable in it's objectives, this Isles Project is a branch project, rather than being a part of a fully integrated EU Offshore Networks Project. To use a simile - By concentrating on the health of the Tree, the branches subsequently grow to be strong!

The following graphics illustrate how this EU Offshore Networks Concept can be achieved.

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EU Ocean Energy Connector Concept
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Ocean Energy Connector
Atlantic / North Sea Loop
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Ocean Energy Connector
Ireland - Sector Plan
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