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October 2012 www.sname.org/sname/mt ( glossary )Advanced Structures and Composites Center: a research facility at the University of Maine AWAE: American Wind Energy Association DARPA: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Catenary spread mooring: system of mooring oshore ?oating wind facilities CHARM3D: a time domain global performance analysis program for integrated ?oating hull-mooring/ cable systems Cutty Sark : British clipper ship built in Dumbarton on the River Clyde in 1869 of composite hull construction, with iron frames and wooden hull planking DeepCwind Consortium: a research program at the University of Maine, part of the schools Advanced Structures and Composites Center Energy Policy Act of 2005: granted authority to the Department of the Interior to issue leases, easements, and rights-of-way for the purpose of constructing and operating wind projects, as well as some other types of renewable energy projects, on the Outer Continental Shelf FAST: a streamlined code used to model two- and three-bladed, horizontal-axis wind turbines; developed by the United States National Renewable Energy Laboratory FOWT: ?oating oshore wind turbine Hywind: a ?oating wind turbine installed in 2009 o the coast of Norway, constructed by Siemens Wind Power and owned by Statoil Knud E. Hansen: Denmark- based naval architecture ?rm that oers, among other services, oshore wind solutions MARIN: the Maritime Research Institute, located in the Netherlands, performs testing of oshore wind turbines in its model basins and related facilities MHK: marine and hydrokinetic devices, a large group of energy devices designed to capture the energy stored in the earths waves, tides, river currents, and ocean thermal gradients Monopile: a type of foundation that uses a single structural element to support large, above- surface structures PelaStar: a ?oating oshore wind turbine foundation developed by Seattle-based The Glosten Associates Sovereign of the Seas : American clipper ship built in East Boston by Donald McKay and launched in 1852, which still holds the sailing ship record of 22 knots Taut-leg spread mooring: system of mooring oshore ?oating wind facilities Tension leg platform: a vertically-moored ?oating structure type of oshore platform Vestas: Danish wind turbine manufacturer WindFloat: ?oating oshore wind facility designed by Principle Power Acronyms, names, and terms appearing in this issue