Professors from the Civil Engineering School at UPC participated for 10 years in projects related with floating offshore wind energy. Nowadays, offshore wind is a reality in Europe at the North Sea, where the continental shelve makes easier to fix … Read More
Europe confirmed a record amount of €26.3bn of investments in new offshore wind farms last 2020
The EU Offshore Renewable Energy Strategy (ORES) that the EU Commission tabled last year was a milestone. It mapped out the regulatory framework for the expansion of offshore wind development and set a target of 300 GW offshore wind for … Read More
WindCrete, one of the 34 concepts for floating wind in the world
The world’s potential development of floating wind farms reaches 95,000 MW, according to the European Commission. Read more: https://www.energias-renovables.com/
WindFloat Atlantic represents major offshore wind milestone
Installed in 100m of water off the coast of Portugal, the WindFloat Atlantic project is widely regarded as a major milestone in the technological advancement of the offshore wind energy industry. Read more: https://www.offshore-mag.com/
Concrete is becoming the preferred material for most floating platforms
Saitec Offshore Technologies and RWE Renewables have selected Ferrovial to manufacture and assemble the SATH floating platform in the DemoSATH project. Source: https://www.offshore-mag.com/
Siemens Gamesa 14 MW Wind Turbine unveiled
Siemens Gamesa unveils the new SG 14-222 DD, a new generation of offshore wind turbines of 14MW (up to 15MW with Power Boost) and based on Direct Drive technology with a total rotor diameter of 222m. Read more: https://www.siemensgamesa.com/
WindEurope sees a clearly green Recovery of Europe after the pandemic crisis
The new EU Budget for 2021-27 and a new Recovery Fund, of amount to €1.85tn of total investment, can place renewables energies driving the economic recovery at same time that energy transition is boosted. Under this scenario, wind energy is … Read More
Good news for Mediterranean floating offshore wind energy deployment
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has approved financing the development of the 30 MW demonstration project at Golfe du Lion, 220km far from Barcelona, which commissioning is scheduled for 2022. The wind farm will feature three V164 MHI Vestas 10 … Read More
NREL unveils IEA 15-MW Reference Wind Turbine
NREL recently released the International Energy Agency 15-megawatt reference turbine, or IEA 15-MW for short, which features options for both fixed-bottom turbines and those with floating substructures. This open-source model, now available on GitHub, can accommodate multiple software tools and will … Read More