US Floating Offshore Wind Industry To Tackle Maine
The rough-and-tumble coast of Maine is about to get a renewable energy makeover with an assist from new floating offshore wind technology.
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Giant Subsea “Starfish” To Help Push The Cost Of Floating Offshore Wind Down And Downer
The US Department of Energy wants the cost of floating offshore wind power to drop by 70% over the next 10 years…are they dreaming or not?
Global Floating Solar Capacity Surpasses 1 Gigawatt
The new hot trend in renewable energy technologies seems to be to test whether it will float, and a new report from the World Bank published last week revealed that there is currently 1.1 gigawatts (GW) worth of floating solar around the globe and that the market could potentially support up to 400 GW worth of total capacity.
Siemens Gamesa Installs 6 Megawatt Wind Turbines On Floating Foundations For Hywind Scotland
Newly anointed Siemens Gamesa has completed the installation of five 6 megawatt turbines on floating foundations in Stord, Norway, to be then towed to Scottish waters to be installed at what will then be the world’s largest floating offshore wind project, the 30 MW Hywind Scotland.
European Floating Offshore Wind Ready For The Big Time
Floating offshore wind energy is no longer just a flight of fancy or drawing-board dream, but is a viable technology and ready to be brought up to industrial scale, according to a new report from WindEurope, which also highlights a current European pipeline of around 350 megawatts.
Scottish Government Approves 48 Megawatt Floating Offshore Wind Farm
The Scottish Government announced this week that it has approved a floating offshore wind turbine which would see eight 6-megawatt wind turbines installed off the coast of Aberdeen, in the country’s northeast.
Researchers Develop Low-Cost Offshore Floating Wind Turbine
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]
Construction Begins On Europe’s Largest Floating Solar Plant
Construction has begun on what will end up being Europe’s largest floating solar plant, atop Godley Reservoir in the UK. The project developer, and the UK’s largest listed water company, announced this week that the installation of Europe’s biggest floating solar power system had begun construction, on the Godley Reservoir in … [continued]
France Launches Tender For Floating Wind Farm — World’s First
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]
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]
