Barge Advantages
Advantages of the BarberWind Barge Mounted 1.6MW Turbine Design- Built on standard ocean-going barge
- Turbine installed on barge in port (no specialized ocean-going crane ships needed)
- Can be anchored in very deep water without utilizing a lot of ocean “real estate”
- Out of sight of land and away from recreational boat traffic
- Land and sea breezes go out about ten miles causing the wind to die down twice a day
- Sea and Land Breezes describe the wind that blows onshore from sea to land during the day and blows offshore in the evening.
- No underwater structure to ocean floor needed
- Prior to a potential hurricane, or for maintenance, the turbine can be laid down in hours via our built-in lifting system, towed at a right angle of the hurricane path and returned the next day
- Computer controlled sails on stern of the barge overcome the gyroscopic effect of the rim
- Built-in stern thruster acts as a backup to the sails
- Supports Robust tower and turbine wheel design
Top 5 Advantages
- No seabed structure needed
- Turbine installed in port and delivered ready to hook to anchor system
- Anchor in very deep water
- Out of sight from land
- Hurricane resilient
This system keeps the barge in a relatively small area even in very deep water. Buoy stays in place even when the barge is moved for servicing or to avoid a hurricane.
