The Floatgen project aims to advance floating wind technology for deployment in deep waters, focusing on collaboration among universities and industrial partners. Key partners include Ideol, Ecole Centrale Nantes, and Bouygues TP, with financial support from the European FP7 program and French investments. The project involves designing, building, and operating floating wind turbines at various test sites, integrating changes into the engineering process based on ongoing tests and evaluations.

1. FLOATGEN: A EUROPEAN COLLABORATIVE PROJECT
FEEDBACK ON DESIGN ENGINEERING ACTIVITIES AND
CERTIFICATION

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THE FLOATGEN PROJECT IN BRIEF
§ Objec&ves:
• Enable the technological development of floa&ng
wind solu&ons,
• that will be deployable in deep waters
• and in Southern Europe
• Share the knowledge and experience gained
§ Means:
• Colabora&on b/w research ins&tutes /
universi&es / industrial partners
• Design, build, install and operate a floa&ng wind
turbine

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PARTNERS AND PROJECT SUPPORTERS
§ Partners:
• Coordinator: Ideol (Overall engineering, floa&ng wind turbine)
• Ecole Centrale Nantes (test site, mooring procurement and installa&on)
• Bouygues TP (hull construc&on)
• StuLgart University (aerodynamics, wind turbine modelling, computa&onal fluid
dynamics)
• Fraunhoffer IWES (technical benchmark)
• Zabala (administra&ve collabora&on)
• RSK (environnemental impact)
§ The project was financed by:
• The European FP7 programme
• The French Programme des Inves&ssements d’Avenir via ADEME
• Région Pays de la Loire

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SITE AND WIND TURBINE CHANGES
2012
2013
2014
§ Sites:
• Tarragona
• PLOCAN Gran Canaria
• SEMREV North Gulf of Biscay
§ Wind turbines:
• Gamesa G80
• Gamesa G90
• Vestas V80

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CHANGES TO BE INTEGRATED INTO THE ENGINEERING
PROCESS
Essais bassin Tank + material tests
2 Conceptual designs:
• G80 in Med Sea
• G80 in Gran Canaria
2 Basic designs:
• G80 in Gran Canaria
• G80 on SEMREV
2 detailed designs for
approval:
• G80/G90 on SEMREV
• V80 on SEMREV
1 design for
construc&on:
• V80 on SEMREV