CETEAL’s XCF is a robust floater designed to produce electricity safely, securely and in reliable conditions. The concept is economically ready for farms with a large number of high-capacity turbines and its production has the advantage of including a high level of local content.
CETEAL can ensure greater safety and security in the specification of XCF, this is thanks to:
- a design ensuring high security for the floater itself, for the people coming on the floater and for the continuity of electricity production
- a design to favour conception rather than calculations made to compensate obstacles, thus treating the cause instead of the effects
- internal circulation guaranteeing safe maintenance on the floater
- its capacity to produce electricity in damaged conditions when the wind speed is in the acceptable range for the turbine
- sophisticated monitoring to limit the time for repair operations and failure prediction. On-site operations mean that no systematic return to harbour is needed
- proven technologies and the guarantee to be free from dynamical components that could cause a breakdown.
CETEAL has produced XCF by combining both 15 years’ experience and key innovations within the field, including:
- a simple design that allows an easy adaptability to different site conditions, either monodirectional or multidirectional
- a compatibility with existent horizontal axis that providers have on the market, XCF’s is optimised for 10MW+
- design choices for use in cyclonic wind, high current speed and seismic areas
- a shaped design of the elements that decreases drag and installation costs.
XCF is designed to make mass production easier, with benefits including:
- being made from prefabricated modules, with construction site main area or dry dock mobilised for final assembly only
- its overall dimensions for large turbines are optimised
- the number of planning critical paths being minimised.
Ultimately, XCF is an innovative structure and an asset to the industry.
