Designs announced for first ever multi-turbine floating offshore wind platform

Design and engineering company Atkins is working with Swedish company Hexicon to develop the Dounreay Tri Project, which will be world’s first multi-turbine offshore wind floating platform. The designs are to be physically tested later this year and the platform is planned to be operated off the coast of Scotland by 2018. Atkins project manager Katherine Ward, said: “We’re really pushing the boundaries of what can be done to support Hexicon in maximising energy yield through clever design.”