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part of these systems and should be treated as such. The design steps depicted in
this chapter give a fi rst rough guide to fi nding an optimised solution. The detailed
design of the support structure requires intense cooperation between the different
disciplines involved in offshore wind farm design and construction. Only then can
the true potential be unleashed of the force we know as “offshore wind”.
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