Posted by: Windfair Editors
Floatgen Reaches New Production Record
Official Press Release Ideol:
Record monthly production for Floatgen in February
Confirming the outstanding production and availability numbers recorded throughout 2019, the 2 MW Floatgen floating offshore wind turbine, equipped with Ideol’s patented floating foundation and installed on the Sem-Rev test site (Atlantic Coast of France), achieved a new record monthly production in February.
This month of February saw Floatgen achieve a capacity factor of 66.3 % for a power production of 923.2 MWh, highlighting one of the fundamental arguments in favor of accelerating the commercialscale deployment of floating offshore wind: taking full advantage of the best wind resources one can find further offshore and without any depth constraints. With a February time availability of 95,7 %, Ideol’s patented technology once again... ... More: Official Press Release Ideol
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