The first offshore wind turbine to be installed without the use of lift vessels – and the first floating wind turbine platform in the open waters of the Atlantic Ocean – has been successfully deployed. Energias de Portugal (EDP) and Principle Power said the 2-megawatt (MW) deep-water turbine called WindFloat was towed out to sea and put in place about 215 miles off the coast of Agucadoura, Portugal.
“This is an historic moment that takes your breath away,” Alla Weinstein, CEO of Principle Power, gushed in a statement. “In a way we are making a similar leap towards new energy resources as the oil and gas industry did in the 1970s when it began using floating structures.”
