Fatigue design is a key factor to ensure the reliability of offshore structures. Floating offshore Wind Turbines are subjected to cyclic phenomena coming from waves, wind and own vibrations. These loads have to be considered in order to assess the … Read More
Offshore wind to become a $1 trillion industry
Offshore wind power will expand impressively over the next two decades, boosting efforts to decarbonise energy systems and reduce air pollution as it becomes a growing part of electricity supply, according to International Energy Agency. The IEA finds that global … Read More
The W2POWER Prototype Test Is Successfully Completed In The PLOCAN Test Site
On 17 October 2019, the W2POWER prototype, the first multi-turbine wind floating platform in Spain designed by the Spanish company ENEROCEAN S.L., was decommissioned from the PLOCAN’s Test Site. This test was developed between June 2019 and October 2019, focused … Read More
First commercial Floating Offshore Wind Farm gets its Final Investment Decision
Equinor and the Snorre and Gullfaks partners have made a final investment decision (FID) for the Hywind Tampen offshore wind farm development and will submit updated plans for development and operation to Norwegian authorities. Read more: https://www.oedigital.com/
Japanese Barge Type Floating Wind Turbine Put Into Operation
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/
