But
for
Vattenfall,
which
owns
75%
of
the
£150m
($230m)
project,
the
site
is
an
essential
stepping
stone
on
the
path
towards
Round
3,
allowing
component
suppliers
to
learn
from
the
successes
and
failures
of
their
next-generation
kit
so
that
developers
and
financiers
can
become
comfortable
employing
them
at
commercial
wind
farms.
Eohgan
Maguire,
Vattenfall’s
head
of
research
for
the
EOWDC,
says
the
project
will
be
a
“hugely
important
piece
of
the
jigsaw
puzzle
for
reducing
costs”,
given
the
shortage
of
full-scale
offshore
wind
test
facilities
in
Europe,
and
the…
