New partner, new concepts, next steps

Dear readers,

welcome to the second edition of the TAILWIND newsletter, your biannual update on innovation towards sustainable, high-performance station-keeping systems for floating offshore wind! Our project goal is to advance the design of mooring lines and anchors to reduce environmental impact while enhancing cost efficiency and reliability. 

In this issue we share some highlights, or better say milestones, from the past six months. First of all a big announcement: University of Porto joined the consortium expanding our offshore wind hotspots on the Atlantic. In June we went to the Wind Energy Science Conference WESC 2025 in Nantes (FR) to present an innovative reliability-based mooring design framework. Last but not least, we've published two important reports: Sustainable Anchor Concepts and Design Basis, each representing a step forward towards real-world application of TAILWIND’s methodologies.

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The TAILWIND team

University of Porto joins TAILWIND to boost Atlantic floating wind
UPorto joins TAILWIND leading research on the Atlantic coast to fast track floating offshore wind deployment
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Faster, safer mooring design in the spotlight at WESC 2025
TAILWIND unveils a faster, fail safe mooring design framework at WESC 2025, reducing modelling time and boosting reliability
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New sustainable anchor concepts revealed for floating wind
EU-funded project TAILWIND maps innovation routes to unlock the next generation of floating wind anchors
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TAILWIND report lays the foundation for new technologies in offshore wind
TAILWIND new deliverable sets the stage for the development of next-generation floating offshore wind (FOW) systems by outlining key scenarios, requirements, and load estimations
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