SBM Offshore advances floating wind test project in Celtic Sea

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THE UK authorities have given a boost to a plan by a joint venture of Netherlands-based SBM Offshore and its US partner Cierco to install a pair of pilot floating wind facilities in the Celtic Sea offshore Wales.The Crown Estate - which regulates seabed activities off Wales, Northern Ireland and England - confirmed its intent to move forward with a leasing process for two 100-megawatt floating wind test and demonstration sites proposed by the Floventis Energy joint venture.However, a formal lease award will have to wait until environmental assessments and surveys have been completed and approved under what is known as the Habitats Regulations Assessment process.Floventis was formed recently by SBM Offshore and Florida-based privately owned player Cierco to focus on the development of floating wind projects in the UK and the US.The Floventis proposal covers the Llyr 1 and 2 test sites located south of Pembroke port in southwest Wales.