ETI’s Strategy Manager Stuart Bradley presents “Offshore Wind - Floating Turbines” at the BIS Group Offshore Wind Operations and Maintenance Forum 2016.The slide set covers:Introduction to ETI and ESME, ETI’s modelling tool integrating power, heat, transport and infrastructure providing national / regional system designsEnergy System ScenariosOffshore WindWater DepthWind Resource and Water Depth ComparedOffshore Wind TurbinesWhat do we use for Offshore Wind today?Foundation TypesFloating WindTension Leg PlatformEngineering DesignCost Study - CAPEXLCoE ForecastConclusionsOffshore Wind has a significant role to play in the UK 2050 energy mixWith a range of Fixed and Floating foundations, UK can optimise the offshorefleet LCoEFloating Wind has potential to deliver costs at less than £85/MWh from mid-2020s, and further significant cost reduction afterwardsFurther WorkDemonstration at full-scaleGeographical distribution and cost optimisationEstablish cost of energy potential for other floating technologies