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‘This is the future’: why turbines that float could be the new wave in British wind power

Britain is a world leader in fixed coastal installations. But in the deep open sea, where wind speeds are higher, a new generation of farms will be required

Head 10 miles out from the coast of Aberdeen in Scotland and a cluster of five giant wind turbines spin at a height of 190 metres above the North Sea, quietly generating enough clean electricity to power about 35,000 Scottish homes. So while huge windfarms have sprung up in the UK’s coastal waters, making Britain a world leader in offshore wind, engineers have been working to prove that floating foundations could help the technology reach new frontiers in the open sea. The subsea surveying and robotics company has emerged as one of the UK’s fastest-growing startups in recent years thanks to its digital approach to providing data solutions to offshore wind developers including SSE and Iberdrola.

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