Acciona develops floating foundations suitable for mass production

Spanish renewables developer Acciona Energía, together with fellow engineering firm BlueNewables, has developed two floating foundation solutions for offshore wind turbines, which the company says can be mass-produced and cut costs manufacturing and the carbon footprint.

The two solutions are S-bos (semi-submersible) and CT-bos (TLP), both of which can be easily adapted to offshore wind turbines of different sizes and projects in different water depths, depending on the company.

“In recent years, ACCIONA has developed two innovative and robust floating solutions, S-bos (semi-submersible) and CT-bos (TLP), focusing on mass production. These make it possible to apply the company’s experience in the construction processes, considerably increasing the local content of the areas of implementation and bringing a significant improvement to the supply chains, which implies a significant reduction in the ‘carbon footprint during construction processes’indicates the company on its website.

Over the past year, Acciona, which previously focused primarily on onshore wind projects, has become a developer or co-developer behind several floating wind farm projects and the largest shareholder in a floating wind technology company.

The developer has applied for at least two concessions off Italy, where it plans to build commercial-scale floating wind farms.

In May this year, Acciona acquired 24% of the capital of Eolink, a French company specializing in the development of floating offshore wind foundations, becoming the main shareholder in the process.

The previous month, the Spanish company was announced as a partner of Scotland’s SSE Renewables in Poland, where SSE submitted an Offshore Location License (OLL) application for the award of development rights for an offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea in Poland.

Acciona Energía will collaborate in the development of the project if the license is granted.

The partnership follows a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed last year, under which the two companies agreed to form a 50/50 joint venture to explore offshore wind opportunities in the Polish energy market.

Acciona and SSE Renewables also signed a partnership agreement in Spain and Portugal last year, where they agreed to create a 50/50 joint venture with expertise in the development, construction and operation of wind power. offshore and renewable energy in a broader sense, as well as in the Iberian Peninsula. market and regulatory landscape.

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