offshore wind deployment Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 16:17:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 WindFloat: Offshore Wind Turbine That Doesn't Need Heavy Lifting Equipment to Install It https://www.greenoptimistic.com/windfloat-wind-turbine-structure-20111207/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/windfloat-wind-turbine-structure-20111207/#respond Wed, 07 Dec 2011 16:17:39 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=21404 Principle Power, Inc. (Seattle-based offshore wind energy developer) in collaboration with Energias de Portugal ( a Portuguese utility) have successfully installed a full-scale 2-megawatt WindFloat off the coast of Agucadoura, Portugal. The WindFloat project is the world’s first offshore wind deployment which, according to the companies, doesn’t need any heavy lift equipment offshore. The wind […]

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