We are thrilled to announce that a recent paper coauthored by members of the WindCrete team has been published in the prestigious journal, Ocean Engineering. The paper, titled “Experimental Modelling of a Novel Concrete-Based 15-MW Spar Wind Turbine”, represents a … Read More
Carbon Trust’s Floating Wind Joint Industry Project reveals winners of dynamic export cable competition
The Carbon Trust announced last 17th of April the five winners of its dynamic export cable competition as a part of the Floating Wind Joint Industry Project (Floating Wind JIP), which aims to accelerate and support the development of commercial-scale … Read More
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
A good news for the FOWTs!
At the beginning of November the French government has selected WindFloat as its first pilot project dealing with floating offshore wind turbines. WindFloat is a project that has been developed from several international actors that will finally test their concept … 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
25MW Floating Wind Farm Planned off Portugal
EDP Renewables (EDPR), Mitsubishi Corporation (through its subsidiary Diamond Generating Europe), Chiyoda Corporation (through its subsidiary Chiyoda Generating Europe), Engie and Repsol today announced an agreement to implement a floating offshore wind farm off the coast of Northern Portugal, known … Read More
