After a likely record year in 2017 with 14GW, offshore wind energy in Europe continues its growing process with expectations that it will reach 25GW by 2020. Read the complete article here. Source: http://www.offshorewind.biz
Offshore Wind Demonstrates Unprecedented Cost Cuts
After the UK government awarded three offshore wind projects with Contracts for Difference (CfDs), RenewableUK and Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult commented on the news, highlighting the major decline in the cost of offshore wind. Link: http://www.offshorewind.biz
WindCrete took part in Offshore WindEurope 2017 Conference in London this June.
A poster called “Windcrete concept scalability: from 2MW to commercial stage was presented”. The poster describes the upscaling of the WindCrete platform from a prototype design to commercial units and shows its economic viability with significant reductions of the cost … Read More
BNEF: 237MW of Floating Offshore Wind by 2020.
The world could see as much as 237MW of floating offshore wind capacity installed by 2020, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF). Read the complete article here. Source: http://www.offshorewind.biz.
Section about concrete floaters in the March issue of RECHARGEnews
Inside the March issue of RECHARGEnews there is an entire section dedicated to Concrete Floaters for offshore wind turbines. Darius Snieckus has talked to Professor Climent Molins about Windcrete and found the technology interesting due to its innovative design. The … Read More
Auction of New York Offshore Wind
On the 15th of December the US Bureau of Ocean and Energy Management (BOEM) has auctioned 320 km2 of the offshore land of New York. Some of the companies participating to the event are DONG Energy, Innogy, Iberdrola’s Avangrid Renewables, … Read More
Offshore wind power plants are reaching incredibly low prices
The Swedish energy company Vattenfall won the tender for the Danish part of the Kriegers Flak project with a bid of EUR 49.9 per MWh. This is the lowest bid ever reached, achieving a reduction of 58% from the original … 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
INNOVATION OUTLOOK: OFFSHORE WIND
The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) released for the 2016 the Innovation Outlook report in which the new technologies and innovative solution for offshore power generation are described. The paper underlines the great potential that the offshore wind resource represents … Read More
Publication on the Camins.cat
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
