FLOWERS: Floating Offshore Wind Environmental Response to Stressors

Status: Active

Start date: August 2022

Lead Organisation: Centre for Environment, Fiseries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas)

This project will model pathways for how floating wind impacts differ from fixed foundation offshore wind farms. It will focus on how floating offshore wind acts on the seabed and consider what physical changes result from tidal processes interacting with floating infrastructure and the Electromagnetic Fields (EMF) produced by cables that move in the water columns. This aims to simplify Environmental Impact Assessments, streamlining the consenting process and contribute to net zero ambitions.