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
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
First floating prototype with two WT ready to be installed in Canary islands
EnerOcean W2Power scaled prototype is ready to be installed in Plocan. Read more: hhttp://www.ghenova.com/
MHI Vestas supply the turbines for the largest offshore floating wind farm
With a maximum capacity of 50 MW, and MHI Vestas now confirmed, Kincardine looks to set a new standard in floating offshore wind as the industry advances toward utility scale projects. Source:http://www.mhivestasoffshore.com/
TetraSpar Floater Greenlighted
Innogy, Shell and Stiesdal Offshore Technologies (SOT) have reached the final investment decision on their EUR 18 million floating wind demonstration project in Norway. Source: https://www.offshorewind.biz/
Hywind Tampen floating wind farm of 88MW on its way
Gulen Industrial Harbour in Sogn og Fjordane county has been awarded the contract for assembly of the floating Hywind Tampen wind turbines before they are transported to the field in the North Sea. Source: https://www.equinor.com/
Bourbon Subsea Services has installed the first floating wind turbine of the Kincardine Offshore Windfarm
Contracted by the Spanish construction group Cobra, BOURBON completed the installation of the first wind turbine at Cobra Wind’s Kincardine site, Scotland, off the coast of Aberdeen this summer. Bourbon Subsea Services’ experience in floating wind turbine installation enabled them to swiftly … Read More
A recent paper focus in the Construction possibilities for windcrete serial production
The monolithic nature of Windcrete, that sees floater, transition piece and tower as a single concrete structure, has direct impact on its potential construction process. The large-draft spar-buoy, to be fully completed in a coastal facility, requires horizontal transport that … Read More
Second offshore floating wind farm in Scotland, Kincardine, starts delivering energy
Kincardine wind farm has started delivering energy to the Scotland coast this past September 26 with the first turbine installed. The whole demonstration project is planned to be composed by 6 floating wind turbines, with a total installed power of … Read More
