
Maersk Supply Service is contracted by Saitec Offshore Technologies, the Spanish engineering company behind the development of SATH Technology. This is based on a concrete platform concept with a plug-and-play Single Point Mooring. This anchoring system allows an easy connection so the platform can be disconnected and taken ashore for O&M. The platform can rotate freely around this single point like a weathervane, reducing the environmental forces on the platform. It also helps the yaw control of the turbine to orientate the rotor plane against the wind. The DemoSATH project will use a 2MW turbine in a full scale prototype that will be deployed offshore Bilbao and will be the first floating turbine connected to the Spanish grid. This project is part-financed by RWE Renewables.