WindFloat
1
(WF1)
has
flowed
more
than
1.7GWh
of
energy
since
being
moored
in
the
Atlantic
in
43 metres
of
water,
5km
off
Aguçadoura,
near
Póvoa
de
Varzim,
northern
Portugal,
last
autumn.
The
1,200-tonne
floating
concept,
fitted
with
a
single
Vestas
V80-2.0MW
turbine,
rode
out
storms
that
buffeted
it
with
gale-force
winds
and
waves
of
up
to
15 metres
during
its
first
winter
offshore.
The
€20m
($25m)
WF1
was
built
by
the
WindPlus
joint
venture,
which
counts
EDP,
Principle
Power,
Vestas,
Portuguese
shipbuilder
A
Silva
Matos
(ASM),
venture…
