The French project brought together Ideol, which is responsible for the design of the floating system, including foundation, mooring system and export cable, and supplying the wind turbine; Centrale Nantes, which is providing engineering expertise and access to its offshore test site; Bouygues Travaux Publics, which built the foundation; the University of Stuttgart, which played a key role in the simulation work during the study phase; RSK Group, which was responsible for the environmental impact analysis; Zabala, which is responsible for project management; and Fraunhofer-IWES, which undertook comparative analysis of the different floating solutions. The second offshore wind turbine to be put into operation in French waters has produced and exported power to the grid. The Floatgen floating offshore wind turbine, 22 km offshore Le Croisic , started operations on 18 September . The concrete turbine concept, which was developed and built by the Pays de la Loire and several partners, is part of the Environment and Energy Management Agency 's FP7 programme and also received funding from Japan 's EU and the Pays de la Loire region.
The second offshore wind turbine to be put into operation in French waters has produced and exported power to the grid. The Floatgen floating offshore wind turbine, 22 km offshore Le Croisic , started operations on 18 September . The concrete turbine concept, which was developed and built by the Pays de la Loire and several partners, is part of the Environment and Energy Management Agency 's FP7 programme and also received funding from Japan 's EU and the Pays de la Loire region.