HiPoTeSis approved by Interreg Atlantic Area: strengthening floating offshore wind test infrastructure across Europe

While the deployment of Floating Offshore Wind (FOW) is gaining momentum, Europe still lacks test sites capable of hosting next-generation turbines (>10 MW). HiPoTeSis will address this by:

• Creating a coordinated Atlantic partnership focused on innovation in FOW
• Preparing the ground for shared transnational testing infrastructures
• Providing operational responses to common challenges faced by test sites

This project is above all a collective effort. Each partner brings unique experience and expertise to build a coherent, complementary and forward-looking vision for testing high-power floating technologies in Europe:

• BiMEP Biscay Marine Energy Platform (Spain),
• Companhia da Energia Oceânica (Portugal),
• Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (Italy),
• EMEC: European Marine Energy Centre (UK),
• Fondation OPEN-C (France),
• IREC - Institut de Recerca en Energia de Catalunya (Spain),
• Marine Energy Test Centre (METCentre) (Norway),
• Plataforma Oceánica de Canarias (PLOCAN) (Spain),
• Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) (Ireland)

We are proud to play our part – and even prouder to do it together. The future of floating offshore wind will be built through cooperation, knowledge sharing and trust, and HiPoTeSis is a major step in that direction.