New Floating Offshore Wind Project Aims For 999 Megawatts
Hothouse flowers no more: floating offshore wind developers are taking aim at triple-digit megawatt territory now.
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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 Turbine Installed off Portuguese Coast
We’ve been following the Principle Power and Vestas offshore floating wind turbine and floating WindFloat foundation for awhile. The exciting news is that today it was finally announced the the floating turbine was inaugurated on Friday, June 16. “In addition to being the first offshore wind turbine in Portugal, this is … [continued]
World Water Day: 60 Posts on Water & Cleantech
Today is world water day. We’ve written quite a number of posts on different ways water is connected to cleantech and clean energy. Rather than write a whole new post on one or two aspects of this, I’ve decided to do a compilation piece. The following are articles on CleanTechnica (and a few from our sister site Planetsave) on some of the connections between cleantech and water.
1st-of-Its-Kind Floating Wind Turbine Technology to be Deployed by Vestas & WindPlus [VIDEO]
Floating wind turbines really seem to grab our attention. I imagine this is for three reasons: 1) they break through the clear limits other technologies cannot, 2) they greatly expand wind energy potential, and 3) we like things that float (OK, maybe it’s mostly the first two reasons..). Now, … [continued]
Principle Power's WindFloat to Perform First Inter-Energy Marriage
Somewhere in the U.S. there is a justice of the peace who still refuses to perform inter-racial marriages, but Principle Power, Inc. has no such backward looking qualms when it comes marrying two different forms of sustainable energy. Last week the company won a $750,000 development grant from the U.S. … [continued]
