The first floating units for the world's first floating wind farm were towed out on 12 July 2013.

The HiPRWind project is arranging its General Assembly meeting at Bilbao (Spain) on 6th and 7th November 2012. The consortium partners are reporting on progress and important decisions are being made about the continuation of the work.

As part of Work Package 2, a Pre-Inspection Meeting was held yesterday (14 August 2012) between the fabrication partner Idesa, technical validation partner Bureau Veritas and industry partner Acciona Energia at the IDESA facility in Gijon (Spain). This meeting, which concentrated on reviewing the appropriate NDT (non-destructive testing) methods to be used during fabrication, marks an important step towards constructing the HiPRwind floater.