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WINFLO
Descriptions provided by the projects
Design name
Wind turbine with INnovative
design for Floating Lightweight
Offshore
Company
Nass & Wind, DCNS and
Vergnet
Type of floater
Semi-submersible
Turbine capacity 1 MW (prototype)
2.5 MW (commercial)
Prototype installed 2013
Commercial installation 2016
Origin
France
The project includes a floating platform, based on a
semi-submersible unit concept, with a wind turbine
specifically designed for offshore floating specifications
(sea and moving conditions) and an anchoring system
with few constraints suitable to all types of seabed.
After two periods of successful tank tests
(2010 & 2011), the Winflo life sized demonstrator
will be tested in sea conditions in 2013. After a
one year testing period, it will be followed by a pilot
farm built in 2016. The machine will be manufactured
in pre-series and marketed from 2016
onwards.
The programme is coordinated by Nass & Wind Industrie,
a major player in the offshore wind sector, in
close partnership with DCNS, an international ship
building and marine renewables company, and Vergnet,
experienced in turbine engineering and manufacturing
for harsh environments. The consortium
also includes two experienced scientific partners:
IFREMER (Sea Research Institute) and the university
ENSTA-Bretagne.
Officially recognised by the Pôle Mer Bretagne in
2008, WINFLO has also been guaranteed the financial
support from the ADEME, the French Environment and
Energy Management Agency, under a state investment
programme.
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