Renewable energy company Atlantis Energy joined forces with French Ideol to develop floating offshore wind projects suitable for deep waters in the U.K, Atlantis announced on Thursday.
Under the memorandum of understanding, the parties will seek to initiate the development of a floating offshore wind project of up to 1.5 gigawatts, with a pre-commercial phase of up to 100 megawatts commissioned by 2021.
Atlantis will lead the review, selection and consenting of U.K. sites and attract third party funding for identified projects.
Ideol will design the technical concepts and be the exclusive provider for the floating foundation systems, the company said.
The offshore wind sector meets around 5 percent of annual demand in the U.K.
"Abundant offshore wind resources, governmental incentives and support frameworks combined with extensive oil and gas, maritime and fixed offshore wind experience will position the U.K. as one of the market leaders for floating wind projects," the company said.
Ideol is currently working on several projects across the globe including France鈥檚 first offshore wind turbine, Japan鈥檚 most recent floating offshore wind demonstrator scheduled for commissioning in 2018 as well as the French Mediterranean鈥檚 first floating offshore wind farm.
By Zeynep Beyza Kilic
Anadolu Agency
zeynep.karabay@aa.com.tr
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