Instant Offshore Floating Wind Turbine: Just Remove Tower
A sleek new design for a floating offshore wind turbine cuts the cost of wind power by cutting mass to the bone.
A sleek new design for a floating offshore wind turbine cuts the cost of wind power by cutting mass to the bone.
US floating offshore wind industry peels self off wall, aims for 4.5 gigawatts in capacity off California coast.
Hothouse flowers no more: floating offshore wind developers are taking aim at triple-digit megawatt territory now.
The US has barely tapped into its offshore wind resources, but the wheels are in motion and the stage is set for floating turbine technology to play a lead role.
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!
Commenting on recent developments conducted with French naval shipbuilding and energy company DCNS, GE Renewable Energy has labelled floating offshore wind turbines as the renewable energy of the future. “Floating wind farms are very innovative and can be a crucial part of the energy mix of the future,” said Léonore … [continued]
Researchers have designed and patented a floating platform for offshore wind turbines that they believe can reduce costs up to 12 euro cents per kilowatt hour. A team of researchers from the the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) developed the new model of a … [continued]
The noted multinational utility company Iberdrola will be investing more than €1 million into a new floating offshore wind energy project to be located in the UK, as per recent reports. The new project is being developed with the aid of researchers at the University of Strathclyde in Scotland and … [continued]
The first ever floating wind turbine in the USA is now in the process of being tested by engineers from the University of Maine. The new turbine will help to harness the vast wind energy potential located off the coasts of Maine. The director of UMaine’s Advanced Structures and … [continued]
A study on the technical feasibility of installing floating wind turbines on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) has been completed by ABS, an agency focused on the development and verification of standards for the design, construction, and operational maintenance of marine-related facilities. The goal of the study had … [continued]