The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) will lead a €31M ($35m) project to test 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 prove the durability and competitiveness of offshore floating wind installations and will develop a supply chain to support them. I welcome this project as an excellent opportunity to further explore the potential of offshore wind.” “Offshore wind is an attractive option for renewable energy because it can be deployed in remote locations with little or no infrastructure – unlike onshore wind,” said EMEC CEO John O’Leary.
The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) will lead a €31M ($35m) project to test 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 prove the durability and competitiveness of offshore floating wind installations and will develop a supply chain to support them. “Offshore wind is an attractive option for renewable energy because it can be deployed in remote locations with little or no infrastructure – unlike onshore wind,” said EMEC CEO John O’Leary.