Dubbed Sea Reed, the project, which has received €6m ($7.6m) backing from the environment and energy agency Ademe, will see naval contractor DCNS carry out studies on the behaviour, sizing, industrialisation and installation of a three-column semisub foundation, with Alstom in charge of adapting and integrating the Haliade with the floating system.
“This partnership will encourage the emergence of a floating wind energy sector that will create jobs in France throughout those coastal areas where the farms will be installed," states DCNS Marine Energy and Infrastructures division director Thierry Kalanquin.
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