Clean Energy – Entrepreneurial Futures project

Modelling and simulation to develop innovative approaches to floating offshore wind (FLOW)

Combining expert knowledge of floating offshore wind (FLOW) with state-of-the-art testing facilities, the University collaborated with industry leaders to research issues and potential solutions around port movements, deployment, operations, maintenance and survivability of floating offshore wind platforms.

The Entrepreneurial Futures project ended in March 2025.

Our support included:

access to our world-class facilities , researchers and technicians for businesses to develop new approaches in Floating Offshore Wind (FLOW)
numerical analysis, physical modelling and virtual simulation of FLOW devices, operations and enabling technologies
access to wider University capability including materials characterisation, and remote and autonomous vehicles
industry-focused events and opportunities for FLOW businesses in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.

Find out more about commercial projects at the COAST Laboratory.

Plymouth Pioneer: Professor Deborah Greaves, OBE FREng

Deborah is one of the country’s foremost experts in offshore renewable energy and Director of the University’s COAST Lab.

Explore our facilities

Coastal, Ocean and Sediment Transport laboratory

The COAST laboratory provides a physical model testing with combined waves, currents and wind, offered at scales appropriate for device testing, array testing, environmental modelling and coastal engineering.

UK Floating Offshore Wind Turbine Test (UK FOWTT) facility

UK Floating Offshore Wind Turbine Test facility

The EPSRC-funded UK Floating Offshore Wind Turbine Test facility is a first-of-its-kind facility within the UK that enables physical modelling experiments with wind, wave and currents simultaneously.

Maritime Simulation Laboratory

Our Maritime Simulation Laboratory offers an innovative networking solution that allows real-time collaboration between multiple simulators, software or hardware.

Floating offshore wind solutions for Celtic Sea developers

Find out how our unrivalled technical capabilities and expertise can support the successful roll-out of floating offshore wind (FLOW) in the Celtic Sea.

Discover how we are driving the Celtic Sea clean energy revolution .

Centre for Decarbonisation and Offshore Renewable Energy

In response to climate change imperatives, we are bringing together a critical mass of leading research and expertise from across the University of Plymouth. Through co-creation and collaboration with partners from business, government and key communities from across the globe, the Centre aims to be a beacon for the University’s whole-system transdisciplinary approach to solutions-oriented research, accelerating sustainable developments in decarbonisation and renewable energy.

Discover the Centre for Decarbonisation and Offshore Renewable Energy .