French maritime contractor Bourbon has reeled in the job of delivering and hooking up the mooring spread for WindPlus’ 25MW WindFloat Atlantic floating wind array off Portugal. The assignment, which ...

WindFloat Atlantic consists of three 8.4-MW wind turbines installed about 20 kilometers off the coast of Viana do Castelo, Portugal. Although its size is modest compared to other operating offshore ...

The WindFloat Atlantic project – the world's first semi-submersible floating offshore wind farm, located off the coast of Portugal with only three turbines – has exceeded expectations over the last ...

Wind turbines must move farther offshore to gain greater efficiency. But the challenges associated with doing so are significant. At the Dutch village of Den Oever, just north of Amsterdam, the A7 ...

Enlit on the Road visited Principle Power at WindFloat Atlantic Project’s base in Viana do Castelo, Portugal, to learn why the O&M phase of a floating offshore wind project is one of the most ...

Principle Power announces that floating offshore wind projects using the WindFloat ® technology have generated more than 1 terawatt-hour (TWh) of cumulative power production since WindFloat 1 was ...

Classification society ABS has provided certification services for the design, fabrication and installation for the first WindFloat facility. The WindFloat Aguçadoura unit is a 2 MW floating wind ...

Leading international classification society Bureau Veritas has issued Approval in Principle for the WindFloat Floating Offshore Wind Turbine (FOWT) foundation. WindFloat is designed by Principle ...

The North Sea’s first floating wind turbine has been installed at the Kincardine Project, a wind farm located about 15km south-east of Aberdeen. Developed by Portuguese firm Principle Power, the ...