Baltic Sea Floating Offshore Wind Party Just Getting Started, But Mind That Fleet!
The Russian Navy lays plans to amp up its Baltic Fleet while Sweden eyeballs floating offshore wind opportunities there — what could possibly go wrong?
The Russian Navy lays plans to amp up its Baltic Fleet while Sweden eyeballs floating offshore wind opportunities there — what could possibly go wrong?
What is expected to be the world’s second floating offshore wind farm has received a financial boost from the European Union after the European Investment Bank announced its intention to provide a €60 million loan to Portuguese company Windplus for its planned 25 megawatt (MW) demonstration project off the coast of Portugal.
Episode #48 of Cleantech Talk is here! This episode covers solar + storage nuking natural gas (peaker plants, that is), fantastic floating wind farm news, and the latest in fat-tire electric cycling!
Hywind Scotland, the world’s first floating offshore wind farm has begun producing electricity this week as Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon officially opened the 30 MW wind farm.
The Highland Council in Scotland approved this week a “novel floating wind farm” demonstration project to be built off the Northern Scottish coast near Thurso.
Siemens has been contracted to supply 30 MW of wind turbines to what will be, upon completion, the world’s largest floating wind farm. Siemens made the announcement last week, revealing that it had been contracted by Norwegian company Statoil to provide five of its SWT-6.0-154 direct drive offshore wind turbines … [continued]
The Scottish Government has approved the construction of the world’s largest floating wind farm, to be developed by oil and gas giant Statoil. The news was made simultaneously that the Scottish Government had approved consent for the construction, as Statoil made its own final investment decision to build the project … [continued]
Originally published on RenewEconomy by Sophie Vorrath France has launched a tender for what would be the world’s first large-scale floating wind farm, inviting companies to submit proposals for installations off both its northern and southern coasts. French environmental agency ADEME posted a tender document on Wednesday calling for proposals … [continued]
Nameless reports floating around the internet make it clear that Japanese trading house Marubeni is planning on building a floating wind farm off the Fukushima coast in Japan. The planned wind farm is expected to begin development in March and will be supported by the Japanese government via the … [continued]