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/
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.
Norwegian Floating Wind Demo Sites Get Green Light
The Norwegian government plans to open one to two offshore areas for the development of floating wind power demonstration projects. Read the complete article here. Source: http://www.offshorewind.biz
Ideol Set to Inaugurate Fully Assembled Floatgen Turbine
Floatgen project partners are scheduled to inaugurate the 2MW floating wind turbine in October, after it was fully assembled at the Saint Nazaire port in France. Read the complete article here. Source: http://www.offshorewind.biz
EU Offshore Wind on the Right Track Towards 2020
After a likely record year in 2017 with 14GW, offshore wind energy in Europe continues its growing process with expectations that it will reach 25GW by 2020. Read the complete article here. Source: http://www.offshorewind.biz
Offshore Wind Demonstrates Unprecedented Cost Cuts
After the UK government awarded three offshore wind projects with Contracts for Difference (CfDs), RenewableUK and Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult commented on the news, highlighting the major decline in the cost of offshore wind. Link: http://www.offshorewind.biz
BNEF: 237MW of Floating Offshore Wind by 2020.
The world could see as much as 237MW of floating offshore wind capacity installed by 2020, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF). Read the complete article here. Source: http://www.offshorewind.biz.
INNOVATION OUTLOOK: OFFSHORE WIND
The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) released for the 2016 the Innovation Outlook report in which the new technologies and innovative solution for offshore power generation are described. The paper underlines the great potential that the offshore wind resource represents … Read More
