ACS starts operation of world’s largest floating wind farm project

Spanish construction engineering group ACS, through its subsidiary Cobra Wind, has completed the construction and started the operation of the 50 MW Kincardine floating offshore wind farm project in Scotland, UK. The project is the world's largest floating offshore wind farm as classified by the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS). 

Located off the coast of Aberdeen, the offshore wind farm consists of six MHI Vestas wind turbines, five V164-9.5 MW turbines mounted on semi-submersible floating platforms, and a single V80-2.0 MW wind turbine. The turbines were placed on triangular semi-submersible foundations tugged to position and moored with four lines each to the bottom at depths of 60 to 80 meters. The project can generate up to 218 GWh of energy per year.