“Right now we plan to use the WindFloat. In our view, Principle’s technology is the most advanced and appropriate for this site,” says Chris Swartley, a partner at Progression, which is based in Portland, Oregon, but also has investors in Hawaii.
Progression is looking to mount 8MW turbines on 50 WindFloats but does not rule out moving to a larger 10MW machine – if commercially available and proven in 2018 or 2019 when it will choose a vendor, and if it meets the needs of the project.
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