FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Control Strategies for Floating Offshore Wind Turbine: Challenges and Trends BT AF Salic, Tom Charpentier, Jean Frédéric Benbouzid, Mohamed Le Boulluec, Marc AS 1:1;2:1;3:2,3;4:4; FF 1:;2:;3:;4:PDG-REM-RDT-LCSM; C1 Institut de Recherche de l’Ecole Navale (IRENav, EA 3436) French Naval Academy, 29400 Brest, France Institut de Recherche Dupuy de Lôme (UMR CNRS 6027, IRDL), University of Brest, 29238 Brest, France Logistics Engineering College, Shanghai Maritime University, Shanghai 201306, China IFREMER, Laboratoire Comportement des Structures en Mer BP 70, 29280 Plouzané, France C2 IRENAV, FRANCE UBO, FRANCE UNIV SHANGHAI, CHINA IFREMER, FRANCE SI BREST SE PDG-REM-RDT-LCSM IN WOS Ifremer UPR DOAJ copubli-france copubli-univ-france copubli-int-hors-europe copubli-sud IF 2.11 TC 32 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00588/69991/67899.pdf LA English DT Article DE ;wind energy;floating offshore wind turbine;control;state of art review AB The offshore wind resource has huge energy potential. However, wind turbine floating structures have to withstand harsh conditions. Strong wind and wave effects combine to generate vibrations, fatigue, and heavy loads on the structure and other elements of the wind turbine. These structural problems increase maintenance requirements and risk of failure, while reducing availability and energy production. Another challenge for wind energy is to reduce production costs in order to be competitive with other alternatives. From the control point of view, the objective of lowering costs can be achieved by operating the turbine close to its optimum point of operation under partial load, guaranteeing reliability by reducing structural loads and regulating the power generated in strong wind regimes. In this typical and challenging context, this paper proposes a critical state-of-the-art review, discussing challenges and trends on floating offshore wind turbines control. PY 2019 PD OCT SO Electronics SN 2079-9292 PU MDPI AG VL 8 IS 10 UT 000498262700125 DI 10.3390/electronics8101185 ID 69991 ER EF