X1 Wind's floating prototype delivers first power

X1 Wind has announced that its X30 floating wind prototype, installed in the Canary Islands, successfully produced its first kWh.

The milestone marks the world’s only floating wind platform currently installed with a TLP mooring system, which dramatically reduces the environmental footprint and improves compatibility with other sea uses. It further heralds Spain’s first floating wind prototype to export electricity via a subsea cable. 'First power' was fed into PLOCAN’s offshore platform smartgrid via a 1.4km underwater cable. Local teams will now enter the last phase of a rigorous test and verification programme which started with the platform installation in November 2022, in preparation of technology scale-up and certification for... ... More: Official Press Release X1 Wind

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