Investigation of Vertical Axis Wind Tower Installation on Existing Offshore Platforms

Jacket structures are the most common offshore tools for extraction of oil and natural gas in relative low water depth. Lots of these structures exist in Adriatic Sea and most of them have been constructed in the last 50 years. When the offshore oil and gas supplies exhaust, these structures must be relocated to another zone containing underwater resources or take them away if reaching the design life. Alternatively, another solution can be taken into account: altering the future working life of these platforms by bringing renewable energy into use and transforming them into offshore wind towers. The present thesis plans to study the possibility of shifting existing jackets to vertical axis wind turbine.