Italy Orders Up Weird Floating Offshore Wind Energy Harvesters
Italy nails down “chasing pack” status with new two-headed floating offshore wind projects totaling 7,100 megawatts.Energy planners in Italy sure know a good thing when they see it, and that thing is floating offshore wind power. The floating wind field is a relatively new one, but Italy has just put in for an ambitious order of 7,100 megawatts from a new joint venture anchored by the startup Hexicon, which is marketing a floating wind platform that sports two wind turbines instead of just one.
Apparently that rather ambitious 46-turbine idea has been refined down to two, which makes sense from a maintenance perspective. The 46 turbines were small. They were good for a total of just 54 megawatts, and you can just imagine the maintenance issues over time. The new platform can support a respectable 30 megawatts or more from just two of today’s supersized wind turbines.
Among other advantages, the Hexicon two-seater can pack more turbines into one area. The company cites an increase of up to 75% more electricity per area. The two-headed configuration helps to reduce overall costs, including maintenance, anchorage, and cable.
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