Dear Peter,

Changing the ITI Energy barge design will require a redesign. The only reference where the design details of the ITI Energy barge are available is in the following document where the design originated:

Vijfhuizen, W. J. M. J, Design of a Wind and Wave Power Barge, M.S. Dissertation, Department of Naval Architecture and Mechanical Engineering, Universities of Glasgow and Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland, September 2006. I do question why you want to use the ITI Energy barge as a starting point for your analysis. More likely than not, unless the barge is installed only at sheltered sites, modifi cations to the system design will be required to eliminate the vulnerability of the barge to extreme waves.

FAST is aero-hydro-servo-elastic simulation tool that models the coupled response of offshore wind turbines to wind and wave excitation. With proper application, you can determine the validity of a concept through the tool.

Best regards,