The European Marine Energy Centre ( EMEC ) will lead a $ 31 M ( $ 35 million ) project to install a floating wind turbine off the west coast of Ireland by 2022 . Funding has been secured from Interreg North West Europe to accelerate the uptake of floating offshore wind. A consortium , including the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland , Italian oil and gas firm Saipem and other European groups , will look to improve the durability and reliability of offshore floating wind installations and will develop a supply chain to support them . The project , called " Accelerating market uptake of Fast Offshore Wind Technology"—or AFLOWT — has received funding from Interreg North West Europe .
The European Marine Energy Centre ( EMEC ) will lead a $ 31 M ( $ 35 million ) project to install a floating wind turbine off the west coast of Ireland by 2022 . A consortium , including the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland , Italian oil and gas firm Saipem and other European groups , will look to improve the durability and reliability of offshore floating wind installations and will develop a supply chain to support them . The project , called " Accelerating market uptake of Fast Offshore Wind Technology"—or AFLOWT — has received funding from Interreg North West Europe .