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Barriers to developing floating wind farms

A report of the NERC-funded workshop discussion of the innovation and research and development needed to support the development of the floating wind sector.

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NERC
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Environmental and Consenting Barriers to Developing Floating Wind Farms Including Innovative Solutions (PDF)

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Details

The workshop aimed to identify:

  • the main consenting and environmental risks and barriers to the development of floating offshore wind farms at a demonstration and commercial scale
  • what’s needed to de-risk planning, environmental consenting and post consent monitoring

The report summarises the workshop outputs and pulls together the information generated, with interpretation and recommendations for future action.

A full list of attendees is included.

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