When the first floating offshore wind demonstration projects were deployed nearly ten years ago, most observers thought that the technology was intriguing, but the costs and degree of difficulty were both very, very high. At that stage, fixed-bottom offshore was … Read More
IEA: Offshore Wind Needs to Pick Up Pace
Offshore wind showed strong signs of progress with 23% generation growth in 2017, but it needs to accelerate even faster to be in line with the Sustainable Development Scenario (SDS) target, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). Read the … Read More
New joint industry report highlights innovation needs to unlock a multi-gigawatt (GW) pipeline for global floating wind market
A new report released today from the Floating Wind Joint Industry Project (Floating Wind JIP) outlines the key technology challenges and priority innovation needs for the sector to reach cost parity with other energy technologies. The report is a summary of key … Read More
Why the US Offshore Wind Market Is Going to Be Even Bigger than You Think
There is one subject that all commentators on the US offshore wind industry agree on: the sector is going to undergo rapid expansion over the next decade. What does provoke argument is the likely scale of this growth, and the … Read More
Senvion Gathers 10MW+ Offshore Wind Turbine Team
German wind turbine manufacturer Senvion has partnered with EnBW and R&D institutes such as DTU, ECN and Fraunhofer IWES, among others, to jointly develop a 10MW+ offshore wind turbine. Read the complete article here. Source: http://www.offshorewind.biz
Floatgen, the first French offshore wind turbine, is being installed on Centrale Nantes’ SEM-REV site
After two years of construction in Saint-Nazaire port, the floating wind turbine is now fully operational and will be towed and moored at the Centrale Nantes’ offshore test site. SEM-REV, which is located 20 km off the coast from Le … Read More
WindEurope CEO urges EU Member States to unleash the potential for floating offshore wind
WindEurope CEO Giles Dickson has urged EU Member States to seize the opportunity that floating offshore wind presents today. Dickson was speaking at FOWT 2018, the world’s largest event dedicated to floating offshore wind turbines. Read the complete article here. Source: https://windeurope.org/
US floating wind leaps forward with flagship Pacific deal
Partnership between northern California energy authority RCEA and developer consortium including PPI, EDPR and Aker Solutions aims to switch on 150MW project ‘by 2024’. Read the complete article here. Source: http://www.rechargenews.com/
World’s First Floating Wind Farm Exceeds Expectations
The world’s first floating wind farm only switched on three months ago but it’s already performing better than expected. The 30-megawatt Hywind Scotland, located about 15 miles off the Aberdeenshire coast, churned out 65 percent of its maximum theoretical capacity … Read More
WindCrete at EERA DeepWind’18 Conference
Windcrete was present at the EERA DeepWind’18 Conference presenting Construction Possibilities for Serial Production of Monolithic Concrete Spar Buoy Platforms. Access to Conference Web page here. Access to presented poster here.
