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  • WindSentinel Stands Strong Against Storm

    29 October 2014
    R&D, Technology

    AXYS Technologies Inc has announced the EDP Inovação (EDPi) WindSentinel floating LiDAR system has survived a major storm that ravaged the coast of Portgual near Viana do Castelo on October 16, 2014. Enduring gale force winds with gusts of over 90 km/hr and waves the size of three-story buildings (10 metres high), the WindSentinel remained on-station, […]

  • CIP Reveals Plans to Invest EUR 8 Billion in Wind Project Offshore Portugal

    10 February 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Industry, Outlook & Strategy, Transition, Wind Farm Update

    Danish fund management company, Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), said it plans to invest EUR 8 billion in a multi-gigawatt offshore wind project in Portugal. A spokesperson for CIP confirmed to offshore WIND that the multi-billion investment is related to the project named Nortada. The Nortada project is reportedly located off the Atlantic coast and will […]

  • Final Kincardine Floating Wind Platform Leaves Spain

    10 May 2021
    Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    The Navantia-Windar consortium has shipped out the fifth and final floating wind platform for the Scottish Kincardine offshore wind farm from the Fene Shipyard in Spain. The five floating platforms were built under a contract with Cobra Wind International Ltd., a subsidiary of the Cobra Group. The five floating platforms will support Vestas 9.5 MW […]

  • JDR Opens European Hub in Newcastle, Nets Contract with Tideway

    10 July 2017
    Business & Finance

    JDR, a supplier of subsea power cables and umbilicals to the global offshore energy industry, has officially opened its European service centre in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.

  • MHI Vestas Turns Profitable as Orders Ramp Up

    7 February 2019
    Business & Finance

    MHI Vestas Offshore Wind generated a net profit of EUR 26 million and secured an order intake of 3,180MW in 2018. 2018 was the first year in which MHI Vestas generated a positive net profit on a stand-alone basis since the launch of the joint venture by Vestas and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in 2014, highlighting […]

  • Ocean Winds Forges Ties with Portuguese Port

    14 March 2023
    Business & Finance, Business development, Contracts & Tenders, Infrastructure, Ports & Logistics

    Ocean Winds (OW), a joint venture between EDP Renewables and Engie, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Port of Setúbal in Portugal to work together on preliminary steps in getting the port infrastructure ready for the upcoming offshore wind development in the country. José Pinheiro, Ocean Winds’ country manager for Southern Europe, […]

  • Ocean Winds Books Navantia for French Offshore Wind Job

    7 June 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    OW Ocean Winds has confirmed a capacity reservation agreement with Spain’s Navantia to build two jacket-type foundations and the associated piles for the substations of two offshore wind farms in France. The two wind farms are the 496 MW Iles d’Yeu et de Noirmoutier and the 496 MW Dieppe Le Tréport. The reservation agreement is […]

  • Portugal Postpones First Offshore Wind Auction, Doubles Capacity Target

    3 June 2022
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders

    Portugal plans to hold its first offshore wind auction in 2023 with the aim of awarding between 6 GW and 8 GW of capacity, according to João Galamba, the country’s Secretary of State for Energy. As previously reported, Portugal had initially planned to hold its first auction this summer and award between 3 GW and […]

  • Stackable Floating Wind Foundation Gets ABS Nod

    30 January 2023
    R&D, Technology

    Houston-based classification society ABS has given Approval in Principal (AiP) to the Bassoe D-Floater floating wind turbine foundation, designed to handle the largest wind turbines in the world. The Bassoe D-Floater technology is capable of carrying 15 MW turbines in some of the harshest environmental conditions, ABS said. ”ABS is proud to add the Bassoe […]

  • Portuguese Government Working Towards Planned 2023 Offshore Wind Tender

    24 January 2023
    Authorities

    The Portuguese government is set to open a public hearing on the proposals for the delimitation of deployment areas for offshore wind, ahead of the country’s first offshore wind tender, scheduled to take place this year. This is according to Portugal’s Prime Minister Antonio Costa, who posted an update on social media during his state […]

  • DNV GL: Floating Wind in Need of Comprehensive Industry Standards

    1 December 2020
    R&D

    Floating wind will account for 2 per cent of the world’s power supply by 2050 and its cost will drop some 70 per cent by that time. Still, a more comprehensive industry standards and risk management are required for the technology to scale, according to a new report from DNV GL. The report discusses how […]

  • Principle Power Dismantles WindFloat 1

    29 September 2016
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Principle Power has announced the successful decommissioning of WindFloat 1, the company’s 2MW prototype that had been deployed off the Northern Coast of Portugal. The project, originally installed in 2011, was a full lifecycle demonstration of the features and benefits of the WindFloat floating offshore wind foundation concept, and featured a Vestas V-80 2MW turbine. Fabricated […]

  • Nexans to Wire Portuguese Floaters

    26 March 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Nexans will supply pre-terminated and factory-tested turbine cables as well as the full scope of T-connectors terminating the dynamic inter-array cables for the 25MW WindFloat Atlantic floating wind farm. WindFloat Atlantic will be the world’s first large-scale commercial floating wind project operating at 66 kilovolts (kV). Nexans has been selected to supply its WINDLINK pre-terminated factory-tested […]

  • ABS Certifies WindFloat Atlantic Floating Turbines

    4 November 2019
    Technology

    The classification society ABS has certified the WindFloat Atlantic floating wind turbines, first of which was installed off the coast of Portugal in October. The semi-submersible units designed by Principle Power are fitted out with 8.4MW MHI Vestas offshore wind turbines and will be installed at a water depth of 100m. The 25MW WindFloat Atlantic […]

  • World’s First Semi-Submersible Floating Offshore Wind Farm Exceeds Expectations

    27 January 2023
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    WindFloat Atlantic, the world’s first semi-submersible floating offshore wind farm, has completed its second full year in operation. The 25 MW WindFloat Atlantic ended 2022 with an electricity production of 78GWh, a five per cent increase in output compared to 2021. Fully commissioned in 2020, the wind farm was developed by the Windplus consortium formed […]

  • WindFloat Atlantic Producing Power

    3 January 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    The WindFloat Atlantic offshore wind project in Portugal has begun producing power. The project’s first MHI Vestas 8.4MW turbine began generating power after being connected on 31 December 2019. “The commissioning of the WindFloat Atlantic project demonstrates the maturity and commercial readiness of floating offshore wind technology,” said Principle Power CEO João Metelo. “As the […]

  • Final WindFloat Atlantic Turbine Ready to Go Home

    19 May 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    The last of the three floating wind turbines for the WindFloat Atlantic project will soon set sail from Spain to its designated location off Portugal. Tractebel Engie reported on 17 May that it fully assembled the third WindFloat Atlantic platform in the port of Ferrol.  The turbine should start its journey to the site off […]

  • Photo of the Day: The Three WindFloat Atlantic Turbines

    5 June 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    OffshoreWIND.biz‘s Photo of the Day: The WindFloat Atlantic floating wind farm in full array. The WindFloat Atlantic project is almost fully completed, with only the connection of the third turbine left to be done. Bourbon Subsea Services towed the third turbine to its designated location at the end of May, with connection to mooring and […]

  • Vryhof Orders FMGC Clump Weights for WindFloat Atlantic

    11 April 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Vryhof has selected FMGC (Fonderie et Mécanique Générale Castelbriantaise) to provide its clump weights for the 25MW WindFloat Atlantic floating wind project offshore Portugal. WindFloat Atlantic, owned by Windplus SA, is expected to be fully operational in the second half of 2019 some 20 kilometers from Viana do Castelo in Portugal at a depth of […]

  • ASM Industries Adds WindFloat Atlantic to Its Checklist

    6 August 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance

    ASM Industries has secured a contract to manufacture and supply two complete foundations for the WindFloat Atlantic floating wind project in Portugal.

  • WindFloat Atlantic Becomes First-Ever Classed Offshore Wind Farm

    15 July 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    WindFloat Atlantic has become the world’s first classed offshore wind farm, after its three 8.4 MW floating turbines were accepted by the ABS Class Committee. The three ABS-classed, semi-submersible floating foundations are designed by Principle Power and are housing MHI Vestas turbines which make a total of 25 MW of capacity. WindFloat Atlantic, of which […]

  • Final WindFloat Atlantic Turbine Put Together

    9 January 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    MHI Vestas and Global Wind Service (GWS) have completed the assembly of the last turbine for the WindFloat Atlantic project. The last of the three MHI Vestas V164-8.4MW turbines destined for WindFloat Atlantic was assembled last weekend on the quayside at the Port of Ferrol in Spain, GWS said. The project’s second floating wind platform was […]

  • Bourbon Toasts to WindFloat Atlantic

    22 October 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Windplus has awarded Bourbon Subsea Services with a turnkey contract for the installation of the 25MW WindFloat Atlantic floating wind farm offshore Portugal.

  • WindFloat Atlantic Launch: A New Era for Offshore Wind and the Blue Economy

    22 October 2019

    By João Metelo, CEO of Principle Power The first WindFloat Atlantic unit, with the turbine fully installed, has just sailed from Ferrol, Spain, towards its destination, 20 km off the coast of Viana do Castelo in Portugal. It will soon be joined by two more units, which by the end of the year will produce […]

  • Lankhorst Dyneema Tethers WindFloat Atlantic

    20 November 2018
    Wind Farm Update

    The 25MW WindFloat Atlantic floating project in Portugal has used the first ever Lankhorst Dyneema DM20 mooring tethers.

  • WindFloat Atlantic Fully Up and Running

    27 July 2020
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    The 25 MW WindFloat Atlantic floating offshore wind farm is now fully operational and supplying electricity to Portugal’s electrical grid. The WindFloat Atlantic project features three MHI Vestas 8.4 MW turbines mounted on Principle Power’s semi-submersible floating foundations. Following the connection of the last of the three wind turbines to the 20-kilometre export cable connecting […]