40South Energy will launch the first R115, which is a machine rated at 99kW, in Pisa on June 19th at a marina inside the “Darsena dei Navicelli”.
After final assembly, most likely towards the end of July, the machine will be towed to the Punta Righini WEP (which is 40South’s test site) and stay there for a few months for commissioning and systems check.
After the summer the company will retrieve the device, perform a thorough check (and possibly some adjustments) and then it will be ready for prime time in a grid connected installation. 40South Energy is in the consenting phase for the Elba WEP, and hopes that consenting for R115 will be in place in the fall. At this point property of this unit will pass to Enel Green Power, who has bought it back in 2012.
If consenting at the Elba site will not be in place in time, the company will decide with EGP how to proceed. After this initial installation, and provided that updated consenting will be in place, 40South plans to upgrade this first R115/99kW to a full R115/150kW, and to add two more R115/150kW machines at the same site.
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Press release, June 7, 2013; Image:40South Energy