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
WindCrete was present at the 2nd International Offshore Wind Technical Conference (IOWTC2019) organized by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Fatigue design is a key factor to ensure the reliability of offshore structures. Floating offshore Wind Turbines are subjected to cyclic phenomena coming from waves, wind and own vibrations. These loads have to be considered in order to assess the … Read More
Offshore wind to become a $1 trillion industry
Offshore wind power will expand impressively over the next two decades, boosting efforts to decarbonise energy systems and reduce air pollution as it becomes a growing part of electricity supply, according to International Energy Agency. The IEA finds that global … Read More
The W2POWER Prototype Test Is Successfully Completed In The PLOCAN Test Site
On 17 October 2019, the W2POWER prototype, the first multi-turbine wind floating platform in Spain designed by the Spanish company ENEROCEAN S.L., was decommissioned from the PLOCAN’s Test Site. This test was developed between June 2019 and October 2019, focused … Read More
First commercial Floating Offshore Wind Farm gets its Final Investment Decision
Equinor and the Snorre and Gullfaks partners have made a final investment decision (FID) for the Hywind Tampen offshore wind farm development and will submit updated plans for development and operation to Norwegian authorities. Read more: https://www.oedigital.com/
Japanese Barge Type Floating Wind Turbine Put Into Operation
After the project Fukushima forward that finished some years ago, a new FOWT using the Hibiki barge-type floating offshore wind power generation system has been put into operation at Kitakyushu City. Read more: https://www.ideol-offshore.com/
Iberdrola is looking for Floating Offshore Wind in California
Iberdrola has expressed its interest to the US Government to develop four marine wind farms on the coasts of California with a whole capacity of 8,000 MW. Is competing with EDPR, EDF, Equinor and other 10 companies for three ocean … Read More
