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HarshLab: the largest floating test laboratory for the offshore industry
This infrastructure will improve the competitiveness of businesses by reliably predicting how different systems will behave in a marine environment We have developed a new laboratory that is larger and boasts better features and capabilities to undertake new tests and...
Upgraded HarshLab finally launched in the port of Bilbao
Last week a trully special event took place in the port of Bilbao. Five years after HarshLab concept was initially conceived, the final version of the lab was finally launched. Next step is to wait for an adequate weather window that allows the commisionning...
We create the largest floating test laboratory for the offshore industry
Following the success of the platform that was commissioned in 2018 at BiMEP, Biscay Marine Energy Platform, the TECNALIA research and technological development centre has developed a new version of the HarshLab laboratory, which is bigger, unique in Europe and has...
A new upgraded version of HarshLab under construction
Esta nueva versión de esta infraestructura única ofrecerá capacidades de ensayo e I+D singulares a la industria offshore, permitiendo conocer el comportamiento de materiales, componentes y equipos en funcionamiento en la zona atmosférica, de splash, en inmersión, en bodega y en el fondo marino.
HarsLab floating offshore platform robust enough to withstand storm Epsilon
A webcam installed recently by CoreMarine on HarshLab, the advanced floating platform-laboratory for the evaluation of materials, components and equipment in a real offshore environment, provided vivid testimony of the effects of Storm Epsilon. The floating lab,...
Fifth & final MaRINET2 call opens for free offshore renewables testing
1 September 2020. The final call for the EU-funded MaRINET2 project opens today, targeted at offshore energy technology developers who are looking to test their device or components. The project offers fully-funded access to a world-leading network of testing and...
Novel corrosion sensing coating testing at HarshLab
Despite the COVID-19, last month was full of exciting new projects and initiatives at Tecnalia. One of the them was the installation in HarshLab of 28 samples with an experimental corrosion sensing coating developed by University of Leicester in collaboration with The...
First NEMMO’s EU project panels hit the water for biofouling tests
The NEMMO project has installed a set of tidal turbine blade panels made from fibreglass and a gel-coat coating for testing at the HarshLab facility. The samples, taken from the current Magallanes’ turbine blade, will be submerged for six months to determine the level...
We celebrate our 1st anniversary out in the sea!
Yesterday September 12th, the first 150 samples tested in Harshlab achieved 12 months out in the sea. We are currently preparing the operation for the decommissioning of the samples and the installation of new ones. Looking forward performing in depth characterization...
