The 2MW floater, currently being built with contractor Bouygues Travaux Publics at its Saint-Nazaire facility, is slated for installation next year in the Atlantic Ocean off Le Croisic,
The FloatGen unit, a square, open-centred design measuring 36 metres x 36 metres x 10.8 metres and with a draft of eight metres, will be the world's first all-concrete model, engineered with an eye on mass production for future wind farms, as well as cutting the cost associated with manufacturing in steel.
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