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Hivewind technology

Hive Wind Energy offers two design variants —HiveWind Soft and HiveWind Stiff— designed with standardized components to be fabricated in cost-competitive regions and easily transported for final assembly near the installation site. This approach reduces CAPEX and enables faster deployment, flexible logistics, and access to diversified supply chains across key floating offshore wind markets. Both concepts are built on the same principles.

Scalable modular design

for rapid, decentralized construction.

Competitive CAPEX

through flat-panel architecture and low-draft during WTG integration.

OPEX optimization

with simplified systems and no active ballast.

HiveWind Soft

HiveWind Soft is a modular semi-submersible steel platform designed for moderate metocean conditions. Its soft-stiff configuration with six flat-panel hexagonal columns ensures enhanced stability, efficient load distribution, and lightweight construction.

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HiveWind Stiff

HiveWind Stiff is a modular cross-shaped semi-submersible steel platform for harsh metocean conditions. Its stiff-stiff layout with five flat-panel columns, four hexagonal units at the corners and a central octagonal column, ensures high stability and structural efficiency for next generation WTG.

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Technology development

HiveWind’s technology is supported by rigorous engineering and validation milestones.

2021

Conceptual Design of HiveWind Soft as a result of SeaPower project from HAZITEK funds
Agreement between Sener and WindWaves to found Hive Wind Energy S.L

2022

Patented solution
Approval in Principle (AIP)
Hydrodynamic tank test with NREL 15 MW WTG

2023

Basic Engineering completed for 15MW WTG
Fully coupled hydro-aero-servo-elastic models with commercial WTG
Two Hydrodynamic tank tests with MYSE230-11 MW WTG
Commercial Wind Turbine Compatibility analysis for several sites

2024

Pre-FEED for a 11MW comercial WTG Design
Commercial Wind Turbine Compatibility analysis for several sites

2025

Launch of HiveWind Stiff Concept
FEED for a 11MW comercial WTG Design Certification Process
ULS and FLS structural time-domain design with integrated load analysis
Commercial Wind Turbine Compatibility analysis for several sites

Tank tests

HiveWind’s performance has been validated through extensive tank testing under varied conditions.

Q2 2022

Location: IHCantabria – Spain Scale: 1/40
WTG: NREL 15MW
Scope: Seakeeping testing under operational and survival conditions

Q2 2023

Location: IHCantabria – Spain Scale: 1/45
WTG: MYSE230-11MW
Scope: Validation of floating stability, dynamic response, and mooring under operational and survival conditions

Q4 2023

Location: CEHIPAR – Spain Scale: 1/45
WTG: MYSE230-11MW
Scope: Forced oscillation, towing and adrift test to evaluate drag, damping, towing bollard pull and stability for unmoored conditions

Towards a modular future