/  September 01, 2011  -  September 30, 2015

INFLOW

INdustrialization setup of a FLoating Offshore Wind turbine

Partners: Technip, Danmarks Tekniske Universitet DTU, Alstom Hydro Spain, Nénuphar, DUCO Ltd., EDF Energies Nouvelles, Vicinay Cadenas S.A., Vryhof Anchors, Eiffage Construction Metallique
Duration: 1.9.2011 - 30.9.2015
Funding by: European Commission (FP7)
Client: European Commission
Persons in charge: Jochen Bard, Fabian Thalemann
Focus:
 Communication/dissemination actions, coordination with other national / international initiatives, technical-economic assessment and benchmarking, business/market deployment plan, project management


The main target of INFLOW is to optimize the vertical axis wind turbine prototype developed during the predecessor project VERTIWIND and to manage all aspects required to initiate a viable industrialisation phase, in order to launch a 26 MW floating offshore wind farm with 13 devices and to develop even larger farms in the future (150 MW by 2018).