Ingeteam, who’s responsible for the electrical engineering, completed the commissioning of the first multi-turbine wind floating platform at its final location in the Atlantic Ocean. The WIP10 + prototype is 1.3 nautical miles off the Spanish island of Gran Canaria, specifically on the PLOCAN test bench, in front of the Punta de la Garita.
Specifically, the platform began generating its first KW at the end of May 2018, at the Astican Shipyard before going to PLOCAN.
Ingeteam stated that it has been responsible for the integration of wind turbines and the design of the power and control electronics system, as well as participating in and advising on the design and integration of other systems linked to power generation.
Moreover, W2Power is developed under the partnership of EnerOcean , who coordinates the project, and Ghenova, who supports naval engineering works and coordination of sea testing.
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It is the world’s first double rotor floating aorogenerator, which has been installed in Spain.
This prototype has been built at the Astican shipyard in Las Palmas by a consortium led by EnerOcean. It has a weight of 40 tonnes and consists of two 100 KW turbines in lateral tilting towers. On a large scale, the platform can be installed in depths of 35 to 300 meters.
This project has received funding from the Era-Net DEMOWIND with co-funding from CDTI (Spain), Department of Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (UK), and European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program.