The Elisa self-installing offshore wind turbine arrived at the Plocan site off Gran Canaria. The wind turbine is developed under the EU-funded Elican project. The building of the turbine started in January 2016 and will last until December 2018.
Supported by the H2020 Programme, the Elican project will design, build, and certify the deep water substructure prototype supporting the 5mw offshore wind turbine.
The project comprises of the manufacturing and installation of the telescopic wind tower in the dry-dock built for the purpose in the Arinaga harbor (Gran Canaria), the installation of a 5 mw offshore wind turbine, the transportation of the assembly, the ballasting of the foundation, the connection of the turbine to the grid and the monitoring of the turbine under operation.
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It will also upscale the Elisa project, which focuses on the construction of the substructure for the final overall demonstration of the technology. The self-buoyant foundation platform is the base for the critical installation process, and thus concentrates a significant part of the market’s risk perception.
Such installation process has already been duly analyzed through advanced numerical modelling, and most notably has been contrasted along a 14-month tank testing campaign with notably positive results.