HiveLab - HiveWind

The HiveLab project consists of the manufacture, installation, and commissioning of a HiveWind demonstrator with a 11MW commercial turbine and a lifetime of 25 years. With a planned COD in 2028, the project will focus on testing, demonstrating, and validating the technology in real offshore conditions during its first two years.

This project has received an investment grant from the ‘Renmarinas Demos’ programme under the Recovery, Transformation, and Resilience Plan, funded by the European Union’s NextGenerationEU initiative and promoted by the Ministry for Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge.

The HiveLab project consists of the manufacture, installation, and commissioning of a HiveWind demonstrator with a 11MW commercial turbine and a lifetime of 25 years. With a planned COD in 2028, the project will focus on testing, demonstrating, and validating the technology in real offshore conditions during its first two years.

This project has received an investment grant from the ‘Renmarinas Demos’ programme under the Recovery, Transformation, and Resilience Plan, funded by the European Union’s NextGenerationEU initiative and promoted by the Ministry for Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge.

Key features

The solution proposed consists of the following elements.

Project objectives

Floating offshore wind has got two main challenges to overcome in the near future:

1. The increase in floating platforms request and pressure on CAPEX reduction.
2. The compatibility of floating wind with the ecosystems and fishing activities.

The HIVELAB project has six strategic objectives connected with the two main challenges stated above

Objective #1: Demonstrate the viability of the HiveWind concepts

To demonstrate the viability of the HiveWind concept with a turbine equivalent to those to be used on a commercial scale and to drive HiveWind as a bankable solution for the deployment of floating offshore wind in a global scale.

Objective #2: Enhance the supply chain

Enhance the supply chain in a national and European level and acquire knowledge on the fabrication strategy for commercial projects

Objective #3: Gain knowledge on the environmental impact

Gain knowledge on the environmental impact due to the deployment of the demonstrator that is located inside of an area of large Offshore Wind potential where a commercial floating farm should be deployed before the end of the present decade.

Objective #4: Evaluate and promote the Compatibility with other activities

Evaluate and promote the compatibility of floating Offshore Wind with other activities (such as fishing, tourism or aquiculture) and to stablish potential solutions for the commercial projects

Objective #5: Auxiliary elements of biodiversitiy regeneration

Evaluate the impact of auxiliar elements on biodiversity regeneration using regenerative eco-structures

Objective #6: Maximize the social acceptance

Maximize the social acceptance of floating offshore wind in Spain, and particularly in Catalonia