Pioneering three-turbine project to feature the largest and most powerful wind turbines ever installed onto a floating foundation. WindPlus, a consortium led by EDP Renewables, has signed a firm order with MHI Vestas to provide three V164-8.4 MW turbines for … Read More
Japan’s Demo Floater Takes Final Shape
A consortium led by Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) has fully assembled a 3MW demonstrator floating wind turbine at the Kitakyushu Port. Read the complete article here. Source: http://www.offshorewind.biz
Mediterranean call for floating offshore wind
Institutions and principle manufacturers of Offshore Wind energy called for the development of 3GW floating offshore wind array in the French Mediterranean by 2030. French Mediterranean Sea is ready for first commercial floating offshore wind energy in 2019. This location … Read More
Europe leads the global clean energy transition
An ambitious political agreement on increasing renewable energy use in Europe was reached today between negotiators from the Commission, the European Parliament and the Council. Today’s deal means that two out of the 8 legislative proposals in the Clean Energy for … Read More
Excitement About Floating Offshore Wind
When the first floating offshore wind demonstration projects were deployed nearly ten years ago, most observers thought that the technology was intriguing, but the costs and degree of difficulty were both very, very high. At that stage, fixed-bottom offshore was … Read More
IEA: Offshore Wind Needs to Pick Up Pace
Offshore wind showed strong signs of progress with 23% generation growth in 2017, but it needs to accelerate even faster to be in line with the Sustainable Development Scenario (SDS) target, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). Read the … Read More
New joint industry report highlights innovation needs to unlock a multi-gigawatt (GW) pipeline for global floating wind market
A new report released today from the Floating Wind Joint Industry Project (Floating Wind JIP) outlines the key technology challenges and priority innovation needs for the sector to reach cost parity with other energy technologies. The report is a summary of key … Read More
Why the US Offshore Wind Market Is Going to Be Even Bigger than You Think
There is one subject that all commentators on the US offshore wind industry agree on: the sector is going to undergo rapid expansion over the next decade. What does provoke argument is the likely scale of this growth, and the … Read More
Senvion Gathers 10MW+ Offshore Wind Turbine Team
German wind turbine manufacturer Senvion has partnered with EnBW and R&D institutes such as DTU, ECN and Fraunhofer IWES, among others, to jointly develop a 10MW+ offshore wind turbine. Read the complete article here. Source: http://www.offshorewind.biz
Floatgen, the first French offshore wind turbine, is being installed on Centrale Nantes’ SEM-REV site
After two years of construction in Saint-Nazaire port, the floating wind turbine is now fully operational and will be towed and moored at the Centrale Nantes’ offshore test site. SEM-REV, which is located 20 km off the coast from Le … Read More
