Earlier this month , EDP Inovação Executive Director Luís Manuel confirmed that a project called WindFloat Atlantic ( WFA ) was entering the advanced stages of development in Portugal .
This comes as Principle Power , an offshore wind technology and services provider , concluded the five-year testing of its 2MW WindFloat prototype , which was installed 5km off the coast of Aguçadoura in northern Portugal .
WFA will likewise utilise the WindFloat floating foundation as a mount for three or four turbines with a total capacity of 25MW . Like its predecessor , the project will be located off of the northern Portuguese coast — this time 20km from Viana de Castelo .
Partners : EDP Renewables ( EDPR ), Diamond Generating Europe , Chiyoda Generating Europe , ENGIE and Repsol .
FIVE FLOATING WIND PILOT PROJECTS
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WindFloat Atlantic ( WFA ) project
Earlier this month , EDP Inovação Executive Director Luís Manuel confirmed that a project called WindFloat Atlantic ( WFA ) was entering the advanced stages of development in Portugal .
This comes as Principle Power , an offshore wind technology and services provider , concluded the five-year testing of its 2MW WindFloat prototype , which was installed 5km off the coast of Aguçadoura in northern Portugal .
WFA will likewise utilise the WindFloat floating foundation as a mount for three or four turbines with a total capacity of 25MW . Like its predecessor , the project will be located off of the northern Portuguese coast — this time 20km from Viana de Castelo .
Partners : EDP Renewables ( EDPR ), Diamond Generating Europe , Chiyoda Generating Europe , ENGIE and Repsol .
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