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 .
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. The project, called "Accelerating market uptake of Floating Offshore Wind Technology"—or AFLOWT—has secured funding from Interreg North West Europe.