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Low cost anchoring for offshore structures

Thursday, February 24 2022

General – UMACK anchor

Just recently the first commercial-scale UMACK anchor has completed pre-deployment checks at CorPower Ocean’s facility in Viana do Castelo Port, northern Portugal.

Developed in a European consortium, the innovative UMACK technology represents a geotechnical breakthrough allowing 4-5 times higher vertical load capacity compared to a standard monopile of the same size.

This may enable efficient low-cost anchoring for offshore structures across sectors such as wave & tidal energy, floating wind and aquaculture.

The pioneering anchor solution will first be deployed with CorPower’s C4 Wave Energy Converter at the Agucadoura site, part of the flagship HiWave-5 Project. It has been dimensioned to provide more than 15MN of vertical holding capacity, and resist hundred million load cycles.

With on-land tests complete, the UMACK anchor is ready to be installed into the seabed using a rapid, low-noise vibratory driving technique.

Related posts:

  1. InterMoor appoints new group managing director
  2. CorPower Ocean delivers first commercial-scale composite WEC hull
  3. Installation of  first commercial-scale UMACK anchor
  4. Installation subsea cable for HiWave-5 Project

Filed Under: Anchors, CorPower Ocean, International News Tagged With: CorPower Ocean, UMACK anchor


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