Cornish firm’s offshore wind turbine platform lands US investment

A Cornish company developing floating platforms for offshore wind turbines has landed an investment which will see its technology brought to the US market.
Tugdock has said it has designed the “world’s first” road transportable floating dry dock, which enables offshore renewable energy assets to be launched and assembled at ports which lack sufficient water depth and assembly space.
The Falmouth-based company has reached an agreement with US supply chain solutions firm Crowley, which will explore potential use of the platforms in locations such as the American West Coast.
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Crowley said it was currently developing and planning for wind terminals in California, Louisiana and Massachusetts, and was looking to build and operate a terminal for offshore wind floating platforms, at the California Port of Humboldt Bay.
It comes as the US government targets an increase in offshore wind capacity to provide enough clean energy to power five million homes by 2035.
Tugdock chief executive Shane Carr said: “We are …
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