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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

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PivotBuoy platform takes shape

January 28, 2021

The floating platform has been assembled onshore on HIDRAMAR’s dockyard

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Fraunhofer 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

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X1 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...

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PivotBuoy 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.

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PivotBuoy 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.

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PivotBuoy 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.

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PivotBuoy 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.

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PivotBuoy 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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