RWE Renewables and Saitec Offshore Technologies Test Floating Offshore Wind Platform

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SATH-Technology promises cost benefits in future floating offshore market / DemoSATH, a concrete platform hosting a 2 MW turbine, is scheduled for commissioning in autumn 2021

RWE Renewables and Saitec Offshore Technologies have joined forces to test new ways to affordably install and operate offshore wind farms in deep waters. In a joint pilot project called “DemoSATH”, the RWE subsidiary specialising in renewable energy and the Spanish engineering company Saitec Offshore Technologies will start testing a floating platform for wind turbines off the Basque Coast in 2021. SATH technology is based on a twin hull made of modularly prefabricated and subsequently braced concrete elements. The float can align itself around a single point of mooring according to... ... More: Official Press Release RWE Renewables

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