A delegation of 15 Scottish companies met in France with companies from the Brittany offshore wind and marine energy sector with the view to establish partnerships around floating wind turbines.
The exchange took place at an event organised by Bretagne Ocean Power on 8 February.
In order to create partnerships between SMEs in the two territories, the Brittany and Scottish clusters Bretagne Ocean Power and DeepWind are organising exchanges among companies.
It was an opportunity for Breton companies to meet developers Skyborn Renewables, Vattenfall and BlueFloat Energy, two of whom are winners of the Scottish ScotWind tender.
These three players are also candidates for the various French tenders, including the AO5 in South Brittany, in consortium with the Triskéol project.
Exchanges between Brittany and Scotland will continue during the Celtic Summit in Lorient on 9 and 10 March, in which Ireland, Wales and Asturias will also participate.
Scotland and Brittany are two players at the forefront of floating wind development in Europe.
The two territories have the advantage of having floating wind project leases, ScotWind and AO5 and the future AO9 in France, as well as specialist companies.
They also have complementary supply chains and similar issues concerning the development of their port infrastructures.