Project F.H.M.E.S.
FHMES (Floating Hybrid Mooring Wind Turbine Energy System) is a contemporary project, aiming at the development and design of a moored steel platform, suitable for offshore wind energy resource exploitation. It involves an interdisciplinary collaboration, which covers all aspects of FHMES platform analysis and design, validated through scaled - down hydrodynamic testing. The purpose of the FHMES project is the design of an offshore floating platform suitable for supporting a wind turbine (WT) in the Mediterranean Sea area for given extreme and operational environmental conditions at selected locations. The examined platform will be equipped with a 10 MW WT. FHMES proposal investigates possible mooring systems arrangements of the floating offshore WT.
Financial Mechanism
Utility and Necessity of the Project
The project results and, in particular, the developed final design of the FHMES (Floating Hybrid Mooring Wind Turbine Energy System) platform can be used by designers, contractors and end users. Furthermore, the analytical and numerical results, covering a wide spectrum of offshore and structural engineering will be presented in a concise document, to support the final design as a background document. The common practice and tool obtained from FHMES project will ensure a shared approach to the design and manufacturing high-quality structural components for the use of steel in the wind energy sector. Finally, the FHMES proposal results and deliverables can be used for wind-energy efficiency comparison between several installation locations, i.e. in the Mediterranean Sea, for optimum site installation.
2018 - 2022
This project has received funding from the Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation (HFRI) and the General Secretariat for Research and Technology (GSRT), under grant agreement No 720.
The duration of the project is 42 months (20/09/2018 - 28/02/2022) and the total budget amounts to 150.050,00€
