In the December issue of Camins.cat there is a large section regarding offshore wind. An overview on the current offshore market is detailed and the advantages of this renewable resource are listed. Together with the milestones achieved internationally in the … Read More
United States government issues massive strategic offshore wind plan
The Departments of Energy and Interior presented a collaborative plan aimed at accelerating the development of offshore wind in the U.S. Its objective is to achieve 86 GW by 2050 supporting 160000 jobs, avoiding billions tons of carbon emissions and … Read More
Between the 27th and the 30th of September 2016 Hamburg hosted the exposition of wind power businesses
It has been a great opportunity for visitors and exhibitors to create new contacts and customers relations, while acquiring further information about the nowadays wind market. Windcrete had the opportunity to contribute with a presentation to this event and in … Read More
An article about Windcrete recently published in Ship&Offshore
A new spar-type floating substructure made of concrete for offshore wind turbines could help move wind farms to deeper waters while providing a cost-effective and robust alternative to steel. Called Windcrete, the substructure has been developed by a small group of professors … Read More
Opening of the U.S North East Coast Offshore Wind Potential
A recent statement from the Governor of the State of New York, Andrew M. Cuomo, reaffirmed the state’s ambitious goal of supplying 50 percent of its electricity from renewable energies by 2030 [1]. In this case referring to the state’s … Read More
NREL reports foresee tremendous benefits for Hawaii and Oregon through offshore wind energy investments
NREL recently released two reports analyzing two different deployment scenarios of offshore wind both in Hawaii and Oregon [1] [2]. The studies were commissioned by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) which is part U.S. Department of the Interior, … Read More
U.S.A and France governments invest in floating offshore wind technology
At Windcrete we develop technology towards the economical use of offshore wind resources. This industry has been growing tremendously and continuously; bringing clean electricity to consumers, creating jobs and helping reduce our impact on the environment. Recent investments made into … Read More
Expensive, but with much potential
This is how the swiss magazine Tages Anzeiger defines the new Offshore Wind Energy. The concept WindCrete is showed as an alternative to reduce the high costs of the floating platforms, using the concrete as a main structural material. Source … Read More
With floating platforms, offshore wind cost set to plunge
Floating wind turbines offer huge falls in the cost of offshore wind power and could be generating power in UK waters at well under the cost of new nuclear by 2020, provided adequate support. Source: http://www.theecologist.org/
