US DOE Funds Simulation Software for Floating Wind Turbines

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has allocated USD 771,000 for the development of simulation software for floating offshore wind turbines. The grant has been allocated to the University of Central Florida professor Tuhin Das, who will develop software that will model floating wind turbines and simulate effects such as waves crashing against the platform and the motion of the platform as it floats. According to UCF, Das will conduct the research in the Hybrid Sustainable Energy Systems Lab at the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. The model will be subjected to standard test cases provided by other teams from DOE’s ATLANTIS project that will collaborate with Das.