Patent ID: 8446026
Filing Date: 2013-05-21
Classification: B63B,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A system for mooring a floating plant for the production of energy from currents in a body of water, comprising a ballastable plant floating in the body of water and having at least one generator for energy production, and at least one elongate first mooring element which at a first end is connected to one end of the plant, wherein the first mooring element at its second end is connected to a buoyant element which is floating in the body of water and anchored to a bottom below the body of water via at least one second elongate mooring element wherein: the second end of the first mooring element is connected to the buoyant element via an adjustable first suspension means, the second elongate mooring element is connected to the buoyant element via at least one adjustable second suspension means, and the second end of the first mooring element is also connected to the second elongate mooring element via an elongate intermediate portion between the first suspension means and the second suspension means, said suspension means being adjustable so as to correspond to the draught of the plant, whereby the second end of the first mooring element is connected to the buoyant element at a level in the body of water that corresponds to the level in the body of water at which the first end of the first mooring element is connected to the floating plant, whereby the first mooring element runs horizontally or almost horizontally in the body of water.