WF1 itself is fully available, stressed US floating wind specialist Principle Power, which was part of the WindPlus consortium that in autumn 2011 deployed the innovative semi-submersible in the Atlantic off Aguçadoura, near Póvoa de Varzim in northern Portugal, topped with a 2MW Vestas turbine.

The problem lies with a static submarine cable owned and operated by Companhia de Energia Oceânica, said Principle Power.

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