HOLDING THE FUTURE OF WIND ENERGY
Mooring lines and anchoring systems
Funded by the European Union, it focuses on improving mooring and anchoring (station-keeping) technologies for floating offshore wind farms.
Through the development of new materials for mooring lines and advancement of anchors, TAILWIND seeks to reduce raw material usage and minimise the footprint of floating offshore wind farms. The project emphasises environmentally friendly mooring configurations and anchoring systems to protect marine resources. TAILWIND also focuses on promoting the use of removable, reusable anchors and exploring the recyclability of fibre ropes to support a circular economy and ecosystem restoration efforts.
Sustainability
One of TAILWIND's main goals is to protect and conserve the marine environment, lowering the footprint of offshore wind farms.
The project aims to advance resource efficiency and preserve Europe’s natural environment as outlined in the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030. Model testing of anchors in seabed-like conditions will validate new concepts and develop better design procedures. Environmental impact studies are conducted to ensure compliance with pollution prevention principles, demonstrating TAILWIND’s commitment to sustainable offshore wind development.
The investigated systems will not cause either seafloor dragging or harmful noise for the marine fauna.
LATEST UPDATE
Floating offshore wind gains scale-up momentum at WindEurope
TAILWIND, FLOATFARM, INF4INiTY and MADE4WIND discussed how European offshore can move to large-scale, sustainable impacts at WindEurope2026.
TAILWIND at WindEurope 2026: a floating offshore wind joint event
TAILWIND and sister projects side event at WindEurope 2026 will take place on 22 April 2026 at IFEMA Madrid
TAILWIND partners meet in Bilbao to sharpen project plans
The project consortium used its third General Assembly to advance planning across the work packages and welcome new partners
Consortium
TAILWIND is an international, multisectoral and multidisciplinary consortium.
It includes 13 partners from the industrial field, technical suppliers, and research institutes focused on station-keeping systems.
These partners represent the 9 EU member and associated states (Spain, Denmark, the Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, Germany, Portugal, United Kingdom and Norway), representing the whole floating offshore wind systems supply chain.
