Bonkers “Wall Of Floating Wind Turbines” Not So Bonkers After All
The Windcatcher 40-megawatt floating wind turbine concept aims for low construction and operation costs, with maximal use of offshore space.
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One Floating Wind Turbine Good, Two Floating Wind Turbines Better
If one floating offshore wind turbine is good, two floating offshore wind turbines could be even better (image courtesy of Hexicon).
After Scotland Tour, Maine Hatches Offshore Floating Wind Turbines Plot
Weirdly, the Trump administration has been promoting a new offshore wind farm that will put Maine on the map for floating wind turbines.
Floating Wind Turbines Get Off The Ground With France’s Alstom-DCNS Mashup
Floating wind turbines are ready to bust open the deep water wind market, with the mashup of French wind and marine energy powerhouses Alstom and DCNS.
Floating Wind Turbines Float Into US Waters (Finally!)
An offshore wind turbine demonstration project at Coos Bay off the Oregon coast has finally put the US on the global floating wind turbine map.The US has been lagging badly while other countries spring ahead with offshore wind farms, but it when it comes to the niche sector of floating wind turbines we’re right up there with the front-runners.
Floating Wind Turbines Bring More Offshore Wind Power To Scotland
In Scotland, developers have been cutting back on offshore wind deployment due to the high cost of it. The installation of wind turbines into the sea floor is part of this issue. But a long-waiting solution is floating wind turbines. In Scotland, a floating wind farm project called the Buchan … [continued]
Floating Wind Turbines In Scotland Get £15 Million
Floating offshore wind energy is looking like an increasingly likely possibility in the near future, thanks to the Scottish government’s recent unveiling of a £15 million fund for the development of new deep-water foundation technologies. Floating foundation technologies are currently in the early stages of their development, but once proved … [continued]
Study Determines Feasibility of Floating Wind Turbines on OCS
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]
Floating Wind Turbines Get Lift from UK & US Partnership
Floating wind turbines are quite a popular concept. On the one hand, I think people simply like when large human-made technologies and constructions float — it’s so counter how things typically are in our world. More pragmatically, floating wind turbines are exciting because they could allow us to harness … [continued]
Great Lakes Could be Home to Floating Wind Turbines
Some residents on the shores of Lake Michigan don’t want turbines cluttering up their views, so they put a stop to the Scandia Offshore Wind project set for the waters of Lake Michigan in Oceana and Mason Counties. Now, however, new floating turbine technology could bring a wind farm … [continued]
