The Floating Solar Plant Mooring Challenge - Webinar Slides

Welcome to the
webinar!
We will start
within a few
minutes
Agenda
• Introduction
-Kristiaan Versteeg // Project Manager @ Solarplaza
• Presentation
-Pierre-André Courbet // R&D Anchoring Engineer @ Ciel & Terre
-Félix Gorintin // Head Floating Solar @ INNOSEA
• State-of-the-art and common challenges in floating solar mooring

• Feedback from offshore mooring expert: added value from the marine experience
• How can integrating the environmental loads and operational constraints into the
mooring design strongly improve the reliability?
• Specific numerical modelling challenges in floating solar
• Next frontier: new mooring solutions
• Q&A
• End of the webinar
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About Solarplaza
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sustainable energy transition"
• Established in 2004
• 140+ events
organized
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professionals
Practical notes
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• Questions?  Use the Questions Box
• Q&A session will be at the end
• The presentation slides will be available afterwards

• Recordings will be available afterwards via email and on
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Poll questions
• #1: How familiar are you with the topic of

mooring design?
• #2: Did you already commission (or
participate in the commissioning of) a
floating PV project?
Pierre-André Courbet
• R&D Anchoring Engineer – Ciel & Terre
• Hydrodynamic engineer
• 6 years of experience in the offshore industry
• Previously mainly concerned with dynamic positioning
• Currently at Ciel & Terre involved in floating structure
behaviors and anchoring issues.
Félix Gorintin
• Head Floating Solar - Innosea
• Offshore renewable engineer
• 10 years of experience in offshore RE and solar
energy
• Responsible for techno-economic analysis, cost
modelling (LCOE) and strategy advisory services
• Leads floating solar PV development at INNOSEA
(>900 MWp of projects to date)
WEBINAR 14/10/2020
Presented by Ciel & Terre International and INNOSEA
THE FLOATING SOLAR PLANT MOORING

CHALLENGE
THE FLOATING SOLAR EXPERT WITH HYDRELIO® TECHNOLOGY

Table of contents
Companies’ presentations
State-of-the-art and common challenges
The Design of mooring system
Specific numerical modelling challenges
The feedback from the expert of offshore

anchoring engineering
Next frontier : The new anchoring solutions
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©Ciel & Terre International – All rights reserved
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COMPANIES’
PRESENTATIONS :
1. CIEL & TERRE
2. INNOSEA
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• 2006 : Rooftop & ground-mounted PV, it ended in 2011
Quality, • 2011 : Start floating PV activity with Hydrelio® technology
Proximity,
Innovation SINCE, 14 170
+
Years experience Collaborators
CIEL & TERRE in solar PV In 13 local
IS : offices
400+ MWp
200 Projects Total floating solar capacity
installed
Total floating solar capacity installed
1s 88 MWp
t The largest floating PV plant
installed with Hydrelio®
30 Countries
Total countries with FPV using WORL
Hydrelio® technology
D
LEADE 300+ MWp
Total on-going projects
R
14
WORLDWIDE PRESENCE
SOUTH
170 Collaborators
USA
FRANC
E KOREA
JAPA
U CHIN N
K A
INDI
13 Local Offices A
TAIWA
N
BRAZI
L
THAILAND
40+ Manufacturing Lines MALAYSI
A
15+ Agents &

Distributors
Offices Licenses Partners Manufacturing
15
LOC RENEWABLES INTRODUCTION
SLIDE
16
LOC RENEWABLES INTRODUCTION
SLIDE
17
2
STATE-OF-THE-ART
AND COMMON
CHALLENGES
IN FLOATING SOLAR
MOORING
18
ANCHORING OVERVIEW - PRINCIPLES
Why do we anchor
floating power plant
?
• To prevent the solar island to be blown away by the

wind, the waves, and the water flow
• To prevent movement of the solar island, or at least
minimize this movement
• To prevent the solar island to hit the banks when
water level is changing
• ~30 mooring lines /MWp
19
ANCHORING OVERVIEW - METHODS
AT THE AT THE BOTTOM

BANKS
20
CHALLENGING ALTO RABAGÃO
(PORTUGAL)
APPLICATIONS IN First application on a
FLOATING PV
hydroelectric dam: a record
in depth and water variation.
• 220 kWp
• Bottom anchoring
• Number of anchors: 8
ANHUI CECEP (CHINA)
• Depth: 50m at anchoring
point
The largest Ciel & Terre • Water level variation: 30m
floating PV operating plant
composed of 13 arrays and
1,500 anchors.
MAIWALD
• 70 MWp
(GERMANY)
• Bottom anchoring
• Number of anchors: The longest mooring line:
1,500 a 450-m-long parabolic line.
• Depth: 8 to 15m
• Water level variation: 4m • 750 kWp
• Bank anchoring
• Number of anchors: 11
• Depth: > 60m
• Water level variation: 2m
21
GENERAL FEEDBACK AND MAIN
CHALLENGES
Domino effect Island shape issues
Can lead to
One line breaks and concentration
leads to overloading of loads at
on consecutive lines. critical locations
Anchor misplacement Offset issue
22
3
THE DESIGN OF
MOORING SYSTEM :
TO IMPROVE THE
ENGINEERING
ACCURACY
23
THE DESIGN OF MOORING SYSTEM
1-
WIND
2- Process
CURRENT
Formulation and/or numerical model
Physical correlation/calibration
24
WAVES
Wave model: Hs [m]
• Wind sea in almost all the cases:

Fetch related SWAN
formulae OR model
Wave loads: SWAN model - Deltares

• For mooring design
Mean drift wave 1st order
loads (main
contribution in
& loads at wave
frequency
wave loads)
• For fatigue issues : Scatter diagram
25
Our own real scale
physical tests site…
26
5
SPECIFIC NUMERICAL
MODELLING CHALLENGE
S IN
FLOATING SOLAR
27
SPECIFIC NUMERICAL MODELLING CHA
LLENGES
IN FLOATING SOLAR
Rigid plant model :
Simple « resolution of
catenary equation »
*
Super element
model to consider
*
Internal tool –
plant stiffness
resolution of catenary shape +
PFS resolution (quasi static
resolution)
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4
THE FEEDBACK
FROM THE EXPERT
OF OFFSHORE
ANCHORING
ENGINEERING :
THE ADDED VALUE
FROM THE MARINE 29
LOC GROUP OFFSHORE MOORING
LESSONS LEARNT
• Common challenges in offshore mooring
• Accidental Limit State (ALS) – Need to confirm robustness of mooring
configuration through consequence of critical line losses
• Installation challenges – Depends on soil and marine spread available (e.g.
for the deployment of drag anchors) and temporary anchoring
management
• Operational discrepancies between design and as-built – Split anchoring
campaign and mooring campaign to allow adjusted design
• Marine Warranty Survey – Expert insurance witness on-site to confirm that
the construction is handled properly (> 50 MWp FPV site). Offshore wind
used to have similar installation reliability challenges than floating solar
now faces.
• Alternative mooring configuration exists as well as components to smooth
the peak loads (i.e. aquaculture)
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6
NEXT FRONTIER :
THE NEW
ANCHORING
SOLUTIONS
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LESSONS LEARNT IN FPV MOORING
SITE INVESTIGATIONS SITE SPECIFIC
• Different anchors/site specification
• Wind data
•Can lead to
Soil conditions
concentration
•of Bathymetry
loads at uncertainties
Stranding
•critical locations challenges in dam and
irrigation reservoirs
FLOATING SOLAR FARM CORROSION

AGEING
• Fiber ropes degradation CHALLENGE
• Site exposition of samples
32
LESSONS LEARNT IN FPV MOORING
COMMON ASSEMBLY AND LAUNCHING
DEPLOYMENT CONSTRAINTS
• No assembly space for
PITFALLS floater assembly / slope on
• Twist in mooring lines banks
• Temporary mooring • Water level variation
lines management
• Accuracy of anchor OPERATIONAL CHALLENGES AFTER 5
positioning • Fatigue within support module
YEARS
• Uniform lines and mooring components (wind
tensioning at induced or boat-generated
installation waves)
• Limit the number of anchors and
OPEX reduction
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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS OF NEW
MOORING
Category Function
Water level variation
Be adaptable to water area Anchoring at banks or at bottom
Withstand environmental loads
Avoid domino effect
Be resilient Withstand installation
tolerances
Be reliable 25 years lifetime
34
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CONCLUSION
35
With 200 projects achieved, we listen and learn from the reality.
TODAY, we are sharing knowledge with INNOSEA, laying a first stone to

improve the FPV market.
AND TOMORROW,
we are part of the DNVGL JIP, developing FPV recommended practices.
THANKS YOU FOR
YOUR ATTENTION

Q&A time
For any questions please do not hesitate to send an email to the email addresses
below, our teams will be glad to respond you
Kristiaan Versteeg Félix Gorintin Pierre-André Courbet

[email protected] [email protected] • [email protected]
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Promotion: discount for webinar attendees
Exclusively for webinar attendees, we have a promotion in

place for tickets for the virtual event on November 3 and 4.
• Running until tomorrow (15 October), you can register for

the Virtual Floating Solar Conference with a 100€ discount
• Use the following promotion code: FLOATING-
WEBINAR100.
• Tickets can be purchased through the following link:
https://www.floatingsolarconference.com/register-here

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Welcome to the

• State-of-the-art and common challenges in floating solar mooring

This November we will be setting sail for the second edition

• Navigate all the opportunities and challenges related to

Exclusively for webinar attendees, we have a promotion in

• Running until tomorrow (15 October), you can register for

• The presentation slides will be available afterwards

• #1: How familiar are you with the topic of

THE FLOATING SOLAR PLANT MOORING

THE FLOATING SOLAR EXPERT WITH HYDRELIO® TECHNOLOGY

State-of-the-art and common challenges

The Design of mooring system

Specific numerical modelling challenges

The feedback from the expert of offshore

Next frontier : The new anchoring solutions

15+ Agents &

• To prevent the solar island to be blown away by the

AT THE AT THE BOTTOM

Anchor misplacement Offset issue

• Wind sea in almost all the cases:

Wave loads: SWAN model - Deltares

• For fatigue issues : Scatter diagram

FLOATING SOLAR FARM CORROSION

TODAY, we are sharing knowledge with INNOSEA, laying a first stone to

©Ciel & Terre International – All rights reserved

Kristiaan Versteeg Félix Gorintin Pierre-André Courbet

The Solar Future Greece Solar Asset Management Europe

Exclusively for webinar attendees, we have a promotion in

• Running until tomorrow (15 October), you can register for

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