Wake flow from turbine with standard blades
Wake flow from turbine with blades SATIP.
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Offshore Solutions

Offshore blades are more challenging, but in many ways, this just means there are more opportunities for Anakata to make a difference. Offshore blades are a lot bigger and heavier, the tips of the blades end up working at faster speeds as they rotate, and they have to operate in a saline environment that can accelerate blade erosion. Additionally, working on blades and completing repairs offshore is inevitably more challenging and expensive.

To help meet these challenges, Anakata have developed a new SuperAero Tip Booster (SATIP) to meet the specific needs of offshore.   These features include 3D multilayer leading edge protection, a ridged leading edge to enhance performance and reduce unsteady loads and an advanced blade lightning protection system to improve blade integrity.

The SATIP is designed to be fitted onto the blade tip of operational and new turbines, adding 2-2.5% AEP.  Additionally, the SATIP is designed to reduce wake effects versus standard blades, that will further improve AEP. Existing offshore blades produce prolonged wakes that can reduce the production of downstream turbines.

The SATIP mixes the edges of the wake better, meaning that the wake is compressed and collapses at a faster rate, with high-speed energetic air being drawn into the low energy wake area. This helps improve the wind regime for the downstream turbines, further improving AEP.

The first SATIPs have been installed on 7MW offshore turbines in 2024.

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