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A new giant stands on the Belgian coast, facing the Bay of Ostend.
The first turbine of this model was installed on land, Le Carnet (France) last year for the tests which resulted in the certification of the power curve, which indicates the capacity of power generation under different
In Spain interested floating wind turbine technology
It is likely that the new record will not last long at Alstom, since Samsung is just a step behind with a prototype blades 83.5 meters long and seven megawatts testing in Scotland.
The Haliade 150 was conceived in Barcelona, since it is the work of world R & D center of the French multinational Alstom Wind, located in the city, which has about 200 engineers.
Increase the height of the mills make much sense at sea, where the wind speed increases with altitude, but sea conditions are much more difficult than land for any machine.
The installation Haliade 150 has Helipad on the top deck.
In Europe it is 90% of marine wind mills in the world. This year six gigawatts of installed capacity, broken down into 1,939 offshore wind turbines in 58 wind farms in waters from 10 countries were reached. It is expected that 2020 will reach 40 gigawatts, equivalent to 4% of demand Electric Energy, according to the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA). This implies a strong emphasis on research and development, supported by the European Commission.
The projects completed and planned focus on the English Channel, the North Sea and the Baltic Sea and those markets whose development are facilitating many of the coastal States through national programs to promote Offshore Wind Energy, are already
The reason for this concentration is in the favorable conditions of the continental shelf to install windmills, which does not happen in most of the Spanish coast, where the depth increases too quickly for generators anchored to the bottom.
In Spain, the technology that would be interested, according to experts, is that of the floating turbines.
Equally important to generate energy in the water is moving it to consumers. Therefore, the construction of power-generation networks is parallel to that of offshore wind farms. The trend is to use the current transmission via high voltage submarine cables to reach the coast.
Another technology is still at a preliminary stage, Tidal, which harnesses the energy of the tides and the existing industrial prototypes.
Source: El Pais, Madrid
