Floating wind pioneer Gicon’s long-gestating tension leg platform (TLP) concept has passed a new milestone at the SSPA Maritime Dynamics Laboratory in Gothenburg, Sweden, with a 1:50 scale model successfully completing tank tests for an innovative transport and installation process.

The trials of the Schwimmendes Offshore Fundament (SOF) – an early leader in the sector that suffered a setback in 2016 when plans to install a 2.3MW