Third international conference dedicated to floating offshore wind turbines will be held in Marseilles from 10 to 11 March this year.
Representatives from a large number of French and international companies and organisations involved in the sector will discuss their activities, present recent research and analysis and exchange information on the principal challenges in this domain.
French Environment and Energy Management Agency’s (ADEME) launch of the call for projects for floating wind turbine pilot farms in August 2015 marks the rise of a new industrial sector to meet energy and climate challenges in the same way the call for projects for pre-commercial farms in Portugal, Scotland and Japan did. Furthermore, the Mediterranean has both a coastline very advantageous for floating offshore wind installations as well as a network of specialised companies – some of which have promising export potential, the conference organisers said.
The International Floating Offshore Wind Turbine conference (FOWT) is organised by the Pôle Mer Mediterranée and the Marseille Provence CCI, in partnership with France Energie Eolienne.