Portugal’s Council of Ministers has given its approval to the 25MW Windfloat Atlantic floating offshore wind project off the country’s northern coast.

The project, which will be located off the coast at Viana do Castelo, is scheduled for installation in late 2018 or 2019.

It is backed by a consortium including EDP Renewables, Trust Wind – a 50:50 JV between Engie and Marubeni – Chiyoda Corp, Mitsubishi Corpor and Repsol.

WindFloat Atlantic will feature technology developed by Principle Power, the company which was also behind the 2MW WindFloat 1 prototype deployed off the Portugese coast until decommissioning earlier this year.

Image: Principle Power