Climate Changed
Race to Build Offshore Wind Farms That Float on Sea Gathers Pace
- More developers want to install turbines in deep waters
- Most offshore turbines fixed to seabed with steel, concrete
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Plans to install turbines on platforms that float in the sea are gathering pace as renewable energy developers seek new areas to harvest wind power.
Scotland has granted planning permission for as much as 92 megawatts of floating offshore wind capacity, including two separate projects in the past two weeks. In Ireland, the developer Gaelectric Holdings Plc and Ideol SAS, a French floating wind company, agreed on Friday to develop floating wind projects in Irish waters, starting with a 30-megawatt array.