From start-up to scale-up: X1 Wind unveils a new colorful brand identity
March 03, 2021
X1 Wind presents a new visual identity while their first fully operational prototype approaches commissioning in the Canary Islands
Read the articlePivotBuoy platform takes shape
January 28, 2021
The floating platform has been assembled onshore on HIDRAMAR’s dockyard
Read the articleFraunhofer IWES carries out CFD simulation of X1 Wind’s downwind solution
October 14, 2020
Fraunhofer IWES has completed the CFD (computational fluid dynamics) simulation of X1 Wind's downwind floater design, prior to the deployment of its demonstration prototype in the Canary Islands
Read the articleX1 Wind adaptation of a Vestas V29 turbine to downwind configuration
August 25, 2020
In the coming months, the PivotBuoy® wind floating platform will be installed in Gran Canaria. The turbine, a Vestas V29 225kW, left Vestas and arrived last month with the adapted drivetrain ready...
Read the articlePivotBuoy and X1Wind floating platform under construction
July 30, 2020
In March, the PivotBuoy mooring system and floating platform design phase was completed and the design was approved by the consortium partners at the Detailed Design Review meeting held at X1Wind.
Read the articlePivotBuoy Detailed Design Unveiled
March 12, 2020
The PivotBuoy project Detailed Design Review (DDR) meeting was held at X1 Wind offices in Barcelona on the 4th and 5th of March 2020, and the design of the PivotBuoy system has been completed.
Read the articlePivotBuoy Preliminary Design Review milestone completed
August 19, 2019
The PivotBuoy project Preliminary Design Review (PDR) meeting was held at X1 Wind offices in Barcelona on the 17th and 18th of July, 2019. The meeting brought together 16 experts from the consortium.
Read the articlePivotBuoy Kick-off meeting and project website launch
June 27, 2019
The PivotBuoy project is pleased to announce the launch of its website (www.pivotbuoy.eu), and to inform about its kick-off meeting that took place on the 15th and 16th of May 2019 in Brussels.
Read the articlePivotBuoy project receives €4m to unlock cost competitive floating wind
March 28, 2019
PivotBuoy®, X1 Wind’s novel, single point mooring system that could significantly reduce the cost of floating offshore wind, to receive €4m of EU Commission Horizon 2020 funding.
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