But the wider programme being built around this mega-machine could have an equally deep impact on the future of offshore wind in the UK.
The seeds of the Efficient Offshore Wind Programme (EOWP) were planted during an “inward investment” push at MPSE four years ago that winkled out a small internal research and development grant, and money from the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change’s (DECC’s) Environmental Transformation Fund.
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