May 10, 2021, by Adnan Durakovic
The Navantia-Windar consortium has shipped out the fifth and final floating wind platform for the Scottish Kincardine offshore wind farm from the Fene Shipyard in Spain.
Source: Navantia
The five floating platforms were built under a contract with Cobra Wind International Ltd., a subsidiary of the Cobra Group.
The five floating platforms will support Vestas 9.5 MW wind turbines installed some 15 kilometres southeast of Aberdeen.
Each platform has an approximate weight of 3,000 tons, a prop of 30 metres and a triangular footprint of about 70 metres on each side, Navantia said.
They are equipped with an automatic active ballast system that allows the platform to be kept upright at all times to maximize the efficiency of the turbine.