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GICON's offshore floating turbine moves step closer to installation

By: Lewis Holdsworth 10/04/2015 GICON

Foundations General

Germany's first floating offshore foundation, the GICON® SOF, has cleared an important hurdle on the
way to the installation and testing phase by receiving its construction and operating license from the
State Department of Agriculture and Environment of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

"For all those involved, the permit means above allplanning security" explained SOF Project Manager,
Burkhard Schuldt. "We are confident that we can continue to advance the project schedule for
planned installation and subsequent testing of our functional model in the spring of 2016".

In addition, the network connection of the pilot plant is now one step further. In order to apply for
feed-in of the 2,300 kW-rated nominal output via the "Baltic I" wind farm, a permit in accordance with
the German Federal Emission Control Act is mandatory. This permit has now been issued, so the application for capacity allocation for feed-in of the energy into the transmission network can proceed.

The SOF functional model is currently being manufactured by ESG Edelstahl und Umwelttechnik
Stralsund GmbH, a company of GICON Group. Following installation, extensive technical and environmental testing of the prototype is planned. In the following years, the GICON® SOF will be serially
produced.

By visiting www.gicon-sof.de, you can obtain detailed information on the many economic and technical advantages of Germany's first floating offshore foundation. A timeline and photos of the development and production phases are also featured on the website.

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