Priya Patel
TLDR:
- The Floatgen floating wind project has received a five-year extension after successfully completing three years of tests with an availability rate of over 92%.
- Floatgen is France’s first operational floating wind turbine, constructed as a 2MW demonstrator.
Five years more | BW Ideol gets extension for Floatgen floating wind pioneer
Operations at the pioneering Floatgen floating wind project have been extended for an additional five years after the demonstrator came through three years of tests with an availability (uptime) rate averaging more than 92%, according to floating system provider BW Ideol. Serving as France’s first operational floating wind turbine, the EU-backed Floatgen project was built as a 2MW demonstrator, operating at a water depth of 33 metres at the SEM-REV test site at Le Croisic, France.
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