Project Description
Phase 2 of our floating wind project involves 3 students designing, building and deploying a small-scale floating wind turbine in the Swan River. One student is working on hydrodynamics of the floater, one on aerodynamics of the turbine and one on electrical aspects of the turbine. This project builds on Phase 1, which acquired and characterised the turbine. This project will investigate how suitable the River is for small-scale deployments and start to train an offshore wind workforce, which Australia sorely lacks. It also complements research in the group on floating wind.
Dr Hugh Wolgamot, Oceans Graduate School