Following on from yesterday, more Floating Offshore Wind FOW innovation activation!
On Monday we took a look at Norway bringing together its NOW corporate collaboration to address 4 key areas for FOW innovation, support with €6m of EU funding;
1️⃣ Optimising Efficiency
2️⃣ Sustainability
3️⃣ Installation
4️⃣ Environmental Impact
More news from Europe on another collaborative effort - FLOATFARM. This brings together 17 organisations with a similar EU funding level of approximately €6m to drive forward;
⏩ LCOE Reduction - weight reduction, innovative generators, digital optimisation
⏩ Marine Components - platform, morring, cabling configurations, systems efficiencies
⏩ Offshore Farm Optimisation - aerodynamics, synchronised turbine controllers, platform motion
⏩ Mooring & Anchor Concepts - testing & validation of installation techniques, dynamic coupling, connected platforms, LCOE impact
⏩ Managing Impact - environmental noise & ecosystem challenges, public perception and acceptance,.
This collaboration involves more Universities and Engineering consultancies, less large scale corporates than the Norwegian NOW project. Although they share some similar aims and objectives, we may well see different approaches and outcomes.
8 countries involved in this one - unfortunately no UK involvement here - have we mistakenly excused ourselves from such EU collaborations post Brexit 🤔
Let's hope the UK sector FOW stakeholder calls for more support, a National Test Facility and clear, strong and long-term policy signals from thew new Gov. are heeded. Alongside the all important funding for innovation we need to optimise our technologies and infrastructure.
They have released onshore wind planning constraints already - will we see Sir Kier also back FOW extensively through the pending, yet slightly mysterious, GB Energy?
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