The
project
aims
by
2016
to
see
a
5-7MW
demonstrator
unit
installed
in
a
“relatively
near-shore
area”
with
depths
of
60
-100
metres
and
wind
speeds
of
about
10
metres
per
second.
The
turbine
would
be
tested
for
two
years
for
its
ability
to
generate
power
economically
and
to
be
maintained
without
the
need
for
specially-designed
service
vessels.
If
judged
fit
to
proceed,
a
further
eight
years
of
testing
and
development
would
follow.
The
government-backed
ETI
says
floating
wind
turbines
are
“strategically
important
to
both
the
UK’s
energy
supply
and
its
industrial
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