Principle Power recently announced its involvement in a European Commission funded project to accelerate the adoption of the next generation of high capacity offshore wind turbines. Involving the most experienced offshore industry stakeholders, the ReaLCoE project, led by German turbine manufacturer Senvion, serves a strategic mission to develop the “Next Generation 10+MW rated, Robust, Reliable and Large Offshore Wind…
Floating turbine platform ready to tap the 2 TW offshore potential
Foundations are a big part of land-based turbines and more so for those headed offshore. A solution to the tricky foundation problems is to omit them – let the turbines float. So far, only one turbine floats. It’s on a 100-m spar in Norwegian waters. Principle Power (principlepowerinc.com) has another idea in its WindFloat, a…