BlueTEC Texel Tidal project
Last week the Coastal Chariot installed the floating BlueTEC platform, south of the island of Texel in The Netherlands. This platform holds tidal turbines beneath the sea surface. Its purpose is to demonstrate how clean electricity can be supplied to remote locations worldwide.
This concept is subject for further research and development for designing higher capacity platforms in large farms, such as the current Offshore Wind Farms. Acta Marine has coincided the installation process with Van Oord Offshore. Early June, the Coastal Chariot towed and hooked-up the platform. The DP1 Ultra Shallow Draft Multipurpose Support Vessel also attached it to the seabed by using four Stevpris anchors.
About the BlueTEC Tidal Energy platform
On the 9th of April the Mayor of Texel formally named the first BlueTEC Tidal Energy platform ‘BlueTEC Texel’. The floating platform will – after the installation – be supplying clean electricity to the Dutch grid. It serves as a demonstration platform, delivering electricity to remote locations worldwide, such as islands in Indonesia, Philippines and the Pacific.
