{"id":197915,"date":"2024-10-18T23:26:48","date_gmt":"2024-10-19T04:26:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/10\/earthquake-resistant-offshore-foundation-for-wind-turbines-unveiled"},"modified":"2024-10-18T23:26:48","modified_gmt":"2024-10-19T04:26:48","slug":"earthquake-resistant-offshore-foundation-for-wind-turbines-unveiled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/10\/earthquake-resistant-offshore-foundation-for-wind-turbines-unveiled","title":{"rendered":"Earthquake-resistant offshore foundation for wind turbines unveiled"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/earthquake-resistant-offshore-foundation-for-wind-turbines-unveiled2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The new technology uses square steel pipes and plates for a flexible foundation structure.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>A Japanese company has designed an earthquake-resistant foundation for fixed-bottom offshore wind turbines. Developed by J-Power and the University of Tokyo, the \u2018flexible tripile\u2019 foundation is tailored for Japan\u2019s topography.<\/p>\n<p>The newly devised technology incorporates square steel pipes and steel plates in the foundation\u2019s base plate, creating a flexible structure that can deform relatively easily, according to the company.<\/p>\n<p>J-Power claims that the design provides seismic isolation from the ground, improving constructability in areas with shallow bedrock and reducing vibrations caused by earthquakes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new technology uses square steel pipes and plates for a flexible foundation structure. A Japanese company has designed an earthquake-resistant foundation for fixed-bottom offshore wind turbines. Developed by J-Power and the University of Tokyo, the \u2018flexible tripile\u2019 foundation is tailored for Japan\u2019s topography. The newly devised technology incorporates square steel pipes and steel plates [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":609,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-197915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sustainability"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/609"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=197915"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197915\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=197915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=197915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=197915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}