DemoSATH, the first floating offshore wind turbine in the Spanish state, is put into operation in Armintza

This Monday the DemoSATH wind turbineFirst floating maritime wind turbine Spaans is connected to the grid of the Saitec company, which will provide almost 2,000 households with electricity.

Your goal is collect data and acquire real knowledge about aspects such as its construction, operation and maintenance. It will operate and generate energy for two years, connected via the BiMEP test infrastructure.

This project is part of the strategic initiatives in support of science, technology and innovation promoted by the Provincial Councils and the Basque Government, within the framework of the Science, Technology and Innovation Plan Euskadi 2030 (PCTI 2030), in this specific case linked to the field of energy and climate transition.

The DemoSATH project is a global milestone for floating wind energy as, once installed, it will be the fifth European floating technology to install turbines of more than 1 MW in the open sea and in turn the third concrete technology to reach that level of development .

The lehendakari, Inigo Urkulluhighlighted Euskadi’s “clear and determined” commitment to renewable energy through a “viable” transition: “We do not have planet B”, he warned, to applaud the DemoSATH project, the first floating offshore wind turbine to be on the electricity grid connected.

Urkullu made these statements in Bermeo (Bizkaia), before traveling to Armintza, in front of the place where the wind turbine has been installed to direct the start of floating offshore wind production in the Basque Country, after the suspension due to the weather. Drive the boat to the platform.

Speaking at the event, he recalled that dependence on energy “is absolute” because it is necessary for life. For this reason, it has called for reflection on how it will be accessed and what is “the most appropriate way” to generate it.

After admitting that the possibilities “are not unlimited” and can be counted “on the fingers of your hands”, he opined that “the key is in priorities.” For this reason, he explained that we must choose between obtaining energy from renewable primary sources: wind, solar radiation or the power of water and the sea; or non-renewable energy sources: coal, natural gas, oil or nuclear energy”.

The Lehendakari considers it a priority that energy from fossil fuels is reduced ‘to the maximum and as quickly as possible’. “Of course we are aware that the energy transition will be carried out through a viable transition.”