WindFloat Atlantic Supplies Green Energy to Portugal

The first platform of the WindFloat Atlantic wind farm, after being successfully connected on 31st December, is able to supply to the grid in Portugal the energy generated by its 8,4 MW wind turbine, the world’s largest installed on a floating platform.

The first of the three platforms comprising the Windplus consortium’s wind farm, was successfully connected on 31st December, after the energisation of the 20-km cable connecting the offshore wind farm and the substation of Viana do Castelo. The other two units will be connected successively, until they reach 25 MW of the WFA project. The WindFloat Atlantic units – measuring 30 metres in height and with a 50-metre distance between columns – accommodate the world’s largest wind turbines... ... More: Official Press Release EDPR

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