The PlemCat floating offshore wind test site in the Spanish Mediterranean has secured a favorable Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), clearing a key regulatory hurdle for deployment of X1 Wind's 8.5 MW X100
The PlemCat floating offshore wind test site in the Spanish Mediterranean has secured a favorable Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), clearing a key regulatory hurdle for deployment of X1 Wind's 8.5 MW X100 platform under the NextFloat project.
The approval was officially published in Spain's Boletín Oficial del Estado on July 8 and covers the PlemCat test site, located within the LEBA 1 commercial area.
The environmental assessment was carried out under the criteria of Spain's Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge. The EIA is a prerequisite for offshore wind installations in Spanish waters and for advancing toward occupation of the Maritime-Terrestrial Public Domain.
The NextFloat project, led by Technip Energies and X1 Wind, plans to deploy X1 Wind's first commercial-scale floating wind platform at the site.
The X100 combines a tension-leg platform mooring system with a tripod-shaped floating structure. Its vertical mooring lines reduce the seabed footprint compared with traditional catenary lines, while the absence of chains and use of vertically tensioned synthetic mooring lines avoid seabed dragging and minimize underwater noise.
The platform is designed for turbines with a 160-meter rotor diameter and has a primary steel weight of 1,500 tonnes. X1 Wind estimates this represents a
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