The
€36m
($48.7m)
pilot
aims
to
have
two
distinct
prototypes
riding
the
swell
off
Spain
by
2015.
FloatGen,
an
EU-funded
consortium,
expects
to
have
engineering
wrapped
up
this
year
on
the
concepts:
- a
2MW
unit
developed
around
Gamesa’s
G8X
turbine
mounted
on
a
“surface
floating”
concrete
platform
designed
by
France’s
Ideol;
- and
a
3MW
prototype
based
on
an
Acciona
AW-3000,
with
a
semi-submersible
to
be
designed
by
Spanish
shipbuilder
Navantia
and
offshore
construction
specialist
Olav
Olsen
of
Norway.
The
four-year
project
is
on
the
fast
track.
The
world’s
gustiest
offshore
region,
off
the
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