{"id":1004468536,"date":"2020-08-04T08:07:54","date_gmt":"2020-08-04T16:07:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?p=1004468536"},"modified":"2020-08-04T08:07:54","modified_gmt":"2020-08-04T16:07:54","slug":"windfloat-atlantic-begins-operations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/windfloat-atlantic-begins-operations\/","title":{"rendered":"WindFloat Atlantic Begins Operations"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1004468539\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2020\/08\/WindFloat-Atlantic.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1004468539\" data-attachment-id=\"1004468539\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/windfloat-atlantic-begins-operations\/windfloat-atlantic\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2020\/08\/WindFloat-Atlantic.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1199,900\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1596483662&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"WindFloat Atlantic\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;WindFloat Atlantic. Image courtesy of EDP Renewables&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2020\/08\/WindFloat-Atlantic.jpg?w=1024\" class=\"wp-image-1004468539 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2020\/08\/WindFloat-Atlantic.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2020\/08\/WindFloat-Atlantic.jpg 1199w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2020\/08\/WindFloat-Atlantic.jpg?resize=300,225 300w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2020\/08\/WindFloat-Atlantic.jpg?resize=768,576 768w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2020\/08\/WindFloat-Atlantic.jpg?resize=1024,769 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1004468539\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">WindFloat Atlantic. <em>Image courtesy of EDP Renewables<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p>WindFloat Atlantic, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/worlds-largest-floating-wind-farm-to-come-online-in-2019\/\">the first floating wind farm in continental Europe<\/a>, has been fully commissioned and is now fully operational. The first of the three units was connected on December 31<sup>st<\/sup>, 2019, and the final one in late July 2020.<\/p>\n<p>The installation, which features the world\u2019s largest offshore wind turbine\u2014the MHI Vestas V164-8.4MW\u2014has a total installed capacity of 25 megawatts. This capacity is estimated to supply with clean energy some 60,000 households connected to Portugal\u2019s electrical grid, per year while offsetting almost 1.1 million metric tons of carbon dioxide.<\/p>\n<p>WindFloat Atlantic comprises three platforms connected via export cables to the substation at Viana do Castelo, Portugal. It marks a major milestone in technology advancement, as it can be installed at a depth of 328 feet and can withstand adverse weather and sea conditions.<\/p>\n<p>Its development took a decade of collaboration between the members of the Windplus joint venture\u2014a consortium comprising EDP Renewables (54.4 percent), ENGIE (25 percent), Repsol (19.4 percent) and Principle Power (1.2 percent). Bourbon Subsea Services was responsible for the project management, procurement and engineering of the WindFloat Atlantic installation at sea; Vryhof was the mooring solution provider for the project and Principle Power was responsible for the full engineering and certification of the platform, in addition to providing its patented WindFloat technology solution. Principle Power will also be responsible for the operation and maintenance of the facility.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 25-megawatt installation features the world\u2019s largest offshore wind turbine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":237,"featured_media":1004468539,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21748,16,21742,21786],"tags":[41501,37390,42605,37138],"class_list":["post-1004468536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industrial","category-international","category-latest","category-sustainability","tag-edp-renewables","tag-engie","tag-offshore-wind-power","tag-vestas-wind-systems"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.0 (Yoast SEO v28.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>WindFloat Atlantic Begins Operations - 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