Driven Pile Design for Offshore Wind Jacket Structures

Offshore wind is becoming an established and affordable technology to mitigate climate change. The foundations, which can represent around 25% of the overall cost of the wind turbine and include some of the biggest installation risks, remain an area of particular interest for cost reduction. Most foundations installed to date have been monopiles in relatively shallow waters; however, to tackle the challenges of increasing water depths and turbine sizes, alternative solutions are required.