Technip, in association with Nénuphar, Converteam and EDF Energies Nouvelles is launching the Vertiwind project to test a pre-industrial prototype of a vertical-axis offshore floating wind turbine. The partners in the project are Seal Engineering, ISITV, IFP Energies nouvelles, Arts et Métiers, Bureau Veritas, Oceanide.
Free of the constraints related to the foundations of fixed wind turbines, the Vertiwind concept could expand the number of potential locations of wind farms offshore numerous countries notably in the Mediterranean basin, in Europe and the United States.
Technip was involved in the design, fabrication and installation of Hywind, the first industrial size floating wind turbine, for Statoil in Norway.
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