This is the first floating mill with access to the machine room

The "Magallanes" platform was launched at the cruise terminal of the Port of Vigo. The innovator will be able to produce energy that will be able to supply about 1500 to 2000 single-family homes has aroused great expectation, to the extent that several electrical companies have already shown their interest in acquiring them. Pablo Mansilla is the director of this innovative project in which more than 20 Galician companies are involved as suppliers, which in terms of its platform has been built by Grupo Garaín en Mos (municipality of the interior bordering Vigo), which has been designed by the Gaditana naval engineering company Sea Master. The budget of the budget is in the order of just under 8 million euros. The official launch event was attended by Irene Garrido, Secretary of State for Economy and Enterprise Support, the mayor of Vigo Abel Caballero, as well as the president of the Harbour Authority of Vigo Enrique López Veiga. The anecdote was no doubt the delay in the launch by the fall of the tide, even the platform by its great plateau came to touch the background in the Viguese ría near the olive cruiser pier, but according to Pablo Mansilla, the incident was not of any importance, but it had to be closed until after two in the afternoon, pending the rebound of the tide.

The system developed by the Magallanes Project is based on the construction of a floating device (a steel trimaran) that includes a tube with a submerged part where the hydrogenators are installed. The platform is supported by two anchorage lines to bow and aft. Since it is floating, it does not involve any construction on the seabed and allows its installation in any area of the world. It is also the lowest maintenance cost system, as it allows access by boat to the platform for reviews, repairs or any other operation. Magallanes's goal is to develop and build in Galicia the technology necessary to win the tidal electricity race, promoting the generation of patents, expert equipment and industry of electrical and naval components for floating platforms. This is the first time that Galicia is providing an electrical technology project to take advantage of tidal energy in other areas of the world and does not provide for the exploitation of Galician natural resources. The project is supported by the Xunta de Galicia, through the Galician R & D plan Forty researchers from universities and technology centres are involved in the development of the model, based on the most modern third generation technologies.