Eolink gets €14.9M for deployment of floating wind turbine at France test site
Nov. 2, 2022
Eolink, Valorem and Centrale Nantes have received €14.9 million from the France 2030 funding program. The financed project includes the manufacturing and commissioning of a floating wind turbine developed by EOLINK.
Courtesy Centrale Nantes
Offshore staff
FRANCE — Eolink, Valorem and Centrale Nantes have received €14.9 million (US$14.6 million) funding from the France 2030 funding program. The financed project includes the manufacturing and commissioning of a floating wind turbine developed by EOLINK.
The floating wind turbine will gain maturity for commercialization. Centrale Nantes says the solution developed by EOLINK leads to a significant cost of energy reduction thanks to a 30% lighter floating structure.
The 5-MW pre-commercial floating wind turbine will be commissioned in 2024 at SEM-REV test site, France, owned by Centrale Nantes.
Valorem is in charge of the turbine-float assembly and the operation and maintenance. Chantiers de l’Atlantique provides support regarding steel fabrication, and Eolink is the project designer and coordinator.
