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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...
First HarshLab Day event was held in Armintza
Harshlab materials and components offshore laboratory is now approaching to its first anniversary out in the sea. Along with TECNALIA Offshore Renewable Energy, we organized a workshop in Armintza with some leading offshore companies, who shared their experience and...
HarshLab in Wind Europe Conference 2019 celebrated in Bilbao
HarshLab, TECNALIA Research & Innovation's offshore laboratory devoted to testing materials and components in real offshore environment, was highlighted as an example of Basque Government's commitment with offshore energies by Arantxa Tapia (Minister for Economic...
HARSH Project final meeting
Closure meeting of HARSH project was held yesterday in Armintza (Bizkaia, Spain). HARSH project was funded by Basque Government’s Hazitek programme and involved 11 Basque companies developing solutions for offshore environments. Among other activities, a final visit...
First heavy swell successfully overcame
Today we verified that HarshLab offshore laboratory successfully overcame the first heavy swell of the winter. Waves of more than 7m didn't damage neither lab structure nor components and materials under testing.