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March 12, 2009
BLUE
H PRESS RELEASE
Blue H
Prepares for Authorization of the World's First Deepwater Wind Farm
Sky Saver Srl, Blue H’s subsidiary
in Puglia, expects to receive consent for a 90 MW wind farm off the
coast of Southern Italy, opposite the town of Tricase in the Southern
Adriatic providing enough electricity to supply the needs of 75,000
households.
Sky Saver Srl applied for the original
permits to secure the concession of its prototype platform back in
October 2004 which was granted in February 2007. The primary goal of the
prototype was to test the design, assembly, launch, float-over,
installation and decommissioning of the world’s first deepwater wind
turbine. Towards the end of 2007, Sky Saver Srl launched the unit in the
harbor of Brindisi and in the summer of 2008, it installed the platform
21.3 kilometers from the coast at 113 meters depth. The concession ran
out at the end of 2008 and Sky Saver Srl decommissioned the unit
successfully despite the very difficult weather conditions in the
Adriatic during this last winter and without the proper equipment it
intends to operate during the industrial deployment phase.
Anna Fraccalvieri, Managing Director of Sky
Saver Srl said: “Even though it was a challenging experience for the
company to carry out this kind of large scale test, we are very
satisfied. Clearly the things that went well pleased us greatly,
especially with regards to the design, assembly, launch, float-over and
installation; at the same time, we managed to learn a great deal from
those things that did not go as smoothly as planned, most of which were
due to the bad weather conditions, which shows that not only in the
North Sea but also in the Strait of Otranto, major marine operations
have to be scheduled in summer time. This confirms and reinforces the
fact that our strategy for industrial scale deployment is sound."
Sky Saver Srl intends to convert the
prototype to a metering station and is planning to deploy it back at its
original location before, during and after construction of the Tricase
wind farm. The company applied for permits in November 2006 for this 90
MW wind farm and is currently building the first operational 2.4 MW unit
in Brindisi, which it expects to deploy offshore Puglia later this year
as the first floating wind turbine in its deepwater wind farm.
Blue H installed the world’s first floating
wind turbine prototype in the summer of 2008 in the Strait of Otranto,
opposite the municipality of Tricase in Puglia, Southern Italy. The
company is currently building the first operational 2MW unit in
Brindisi, which it expects to deploy at the same site in the Southern
Adriatic Sea in 2009, the first in the planned 90 MW Tricase offshore
wind farm, located more than 20 kilometers distant from the beautiful
coast line of Puglia.
For further information, please contact
Anne-Marie van Pinxteren at +31 162 424 952.
Email:
info@bluehgroup.com
Website:
www.bluehgroup.com
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Engineers for a deepwater offshore wind platform
July 07,
2009 - Blue H selected for private placement by Succès
Europe
March 12,
2009 - Blue H Prepares for Authorization of the World's First
Deepwater Wind Farm
February
24, 2009 - Blue H's Project GEOMA selected by Italian Government
January 14,
2009 - Project Deepwater Turbine
January 13, 2009
- Energy Technologies Institute Unveils First Projects to benefit from
£1.1 Billion Initiative
October 23,
2008 - Consortium Northwester Applied for Offshore Wind Concession
October 15,
2008 - Blue H France SAS Created
July 3, 2008 -
Blue H USA Massachusetts Congressional Delegation Letter of Support
March 10, 2008
3, 2008 - Blue H USA Submits Nomination For Lease
December 6,
2007 - Blue H Launches World's First Floating Wind Turbine
December 6,
2007 - Technical Note
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