Viana do Castelo Pilot Zone | Viana do Castelo Pilot Zone

Viana do Castelo Pilot Zone
Viana do Castelo Pilot Zone
Lead Organisation ENONDAS
Country Portugal
Type Wave, Floating Wind
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  • Type of Testing Wave, Floating Wind
    Year Established 2018
    Temperate/Tropical Temperate
    Commercial/Array/Full scale/Scale Commercial, Array, Full scale
    Development Status Operational

    Overview

    Viana do Castelo is a pilot zone in the north region of Portugal created in 2018, currently under the management of ENONDAS. It is the home of the Windfloat Atlantic offshore wind farm, the first semi-submersible based floating offshore wind farm in the world. The current infrastructure includes a cable of 80 MW. New infrastructure is predicted to be installed throughout 2021/2022 to raise the number of available berths and the overall cable capacity (80 to ~200 MW).
  • Number of Berths 1
    Water Depth 90 – 110 meters
    Min Water Depth (m) 90
    Max Water Depth (m) 110
    Avg Water Depth (m)
    Annual mean significant wave height 2.4 m
    Maximum recorded wave height
    Mean (averaged current speed)
    Maximum current speed
    Maximum tidal range 3 m
    Mean wind speed 8.3 m/s
    Max wind speed
    Seabed type sand and clay
    Total test area (km2) 60
    Distance to land 17 km
    Grid connected Y
    Grid connection capacity 80 MW
    Rated export capacity and connection
    Proximity to nearest harbour (km) 25 km (Viana do Castelo Port)

  • Demonstration Projects

    • Windfloat Atlantic

    Infrastructure

    Grid connection, 80 MW export cable, access to support vessels, access to ROVs

    Equipment available to support site deployments

    To be defined.

    Services of test programmes offered on site

    • Support in Licensing and Permissions
    • Access to local, national and regional supply chain
    • Support in the access to funds, venture capital and Investors
    • Business Development
    • Certification Processes
    • Training on Testing Facilities

    Key supply chain companies in the region

    • ASM Industries
    • FiberSail
    • Lankhorst
    • HIDROMOD
    • OceanScan
    • OINCC
    • West Sea
    • Composite Solutions
    • EFACEC