A floating wind pilot being developed off western France by start-up EOLink was one of ten technology development projects that has been awarded funding under the EU’s €13m ($14m) Ocean Demo programme.

The funding clears the way for the company's plans to install and test a 5MW demonstrator model of its innovative pyrimidal concept starting next year at the SEM-REV marine energy R&D centre off Brittany – where compatriot Ideol’s FloatGen flagship has