A new unit of British tidal developer Atlantis Resources announced on 26 January that it will collaborate with French floating wind technology specialist Ideol to develop up to 1.5GW of floating wind power in UK waters.

That announcement followed positive news from the UK government-backed Offshore Wind Programme Board that the levelised cost of energy (LCOE) for offshore wind in the UK had dropped from £142/MWh in 2010-11 to £97 ($121/€113) in 2015-16.

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