Aguçadoura

This location has a pioneer track record of projects tested there since the early 2000, with abundant renewable resources (wind and waves), between 40 and 50m water depth and favourable soil conditions for testing and demonstration purposes.

Exposed Atlantic, North Region of Portugal

Strategic Location

Located in the exposed Atlantic, North Region of Portugal.
In the Municipality of Póvoa do Varzim, between Porto and Viana do Castelo.
30 minutes away from Porto airport via a high-way.
Served by two nearby ports: Leixões (south) and Viana do Castelo (north), both about 20 miles away.
Also served by the nearby fishing port of Póvoa do Varzim (about 5 miles away).

The Aguçadoura test site offers

Grid Connected Coastal Substation

Subsea Cable Infrastructure

Offshore Pilot Demonstration Area

PELAMIS

Three wave energy conversion farm (2,25MW) [2008] (source: Ocean Power Delivery)

AWS: Archimedes Wave Swing prototype (2MW) [2004]

Pioneer technologies demonstrated

WINFLOAT-1

World first semisubmersible floating wind turbine (2MW) [2011-2016] (source: Principle Power)

Image featuring WindFloat® platforms by Principle Power