Cornwall and the south west of England could become a centre of excellence for developing floating offshore wind, advocates of the technology have argued, and consent is being sought for the Wave Hub there to test floating wind technology. That is the ambition of the Cornwall & Isles of Scilly Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP), which has developed a strategy to promote the region as an ideal location for floating windfarms that could generate energy miles offshore and not be visible from land. LEP marine and energy lead Steve Jermy, who is also chairman of the Marine Offshore Renewables Group in the south west, said “The emerging floating offshore wind industry could do for the south west what fixed offshore wind has done for the east of the country, transforming communities, creating hundreds of jobs and making a vital contribution to the UK’s low carbon energy mix.”
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