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There’s a new realism in the Floating Wind Industry. The big numbers from the hype days were never going to make it in time and projects are ‘moving to the right’ we hear almost daily. But perhaps those projects had too optimistic timelines initially. In reality, 2030 was just a round number and now that it’s suddenly close... Continue Reading →
The Crown Estate Issues Invitation to Tender for Pre-Qualified Celtic Sea Floating Wind Bidders
(offshoreWIND.biz) The Crown Estate has invited proposals from the pre-qualified bidders in the Round 5 seabed leasing process which will award up to 4.5 GW of floating wind capacity in the Celtic Sea. On 13 August, The Crown Estate said the second phase of the leasing process got underway on 8 August, following the conclusion... Continue Reading →
‘World’s Largest Single-Capacity’ Floating Wind Platform En Route to Installation Site
(offshoreWind.biz) Mingyang Smart Energy’s OceanX, which the company says is the world’s largest single-capacity floating wind platform, has sailed out of Guangzhou, China, and is heading towards the Qingzhou IV offshore wind farm in Yangjiang, Guangdong, where it will be installed. The floater is a dual-turbine V-shaped platform and has a generation capacity of 16.6... Continue Reading →
Mingyang Enters Deal with Renexia, Italian Gov’t to Set Up Shop in Italy; 18.8 MW Offshore Wind Turbines Planned for Large-Scale Mediterranean Project
(offshoreWind.biz) Renexia, Mingyang Smart Energy and Minister Adolfo Urso from the Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy (MIMIT) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that will see the Chinese OEM producing wind turbines in Italy and supplying 18.8 MW wind turbines for Renexia’s Med Wind floating wind farm. The agreement includes a EUR... Continue Reading →
Equinor Picks SHI as Preferred Supplier for Korean 750 MW Floating Wind Project
(OE) Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) and Equinor have signed a preferred supplier agreement for floating structures for the 750 MW Bandibuli offshore wind project being developed in South Korea. The supplier agreement for the fabrication and marshalling of the floating substructures for Bandibuli’s wind turbines was signed by SHI and Equinor on August 7, 2024.... Continue Reading →
BlueFloat Selects Site for Floating Wind Demo Project Offshore Taiwan
(OE) BlueFloat Energy has revealed the site location for its floating wind project, which will participate in the upcoming floating demonstration program, due to be launched by the Taiwanese government later in 2024. The ‘Winds of September Phase 1’ project, in development since 2021, will involve the installation of up to 12 floating platforms for... Continue Reading →
Tokyo Gas Makes First Investment in Overseas Floating Wind Project
Tokyo Gas has acquired a 21.2 per cent stake in WindFloat Atlantic, the 25.2 MW floating offshore wind farm in Portugal. WindFloat Atlantic, operated by Windplus, a majority-owned subsidiary of Ocean Winds, has been operational since 2020. According to the Japanese company, this is Tokyo Gas’s first direct investment in an overseas floating offshore wind... Continue Reading →
Newly Established Consortium Unveils Plans for 960 MW Floating Wind Project in Chile
(offshoreWind.biz) A recently launched UK-based renewable energy developer 17 Energy and a Chilean company SC Power have established a consortium with a plan to build a floating offshore wind farm with an installed capacity of 960 MW. The floating wind farm is proposed to be built off the coast of Chile’s Biobío Region. The consortium... Continue Reading →
Japan’s Sumitomo Partners with Compatriot for Floating Offshore Wind
(offshoreWIND.biz) Japan’s Sumimoto Corporation and JGC Japan Corporation have signed an agreement to investigate the possibility of collaboration in the detailed design, manufacture, and delivery of structural components for floating offshore wind turbines. According to the companies, they aim to cut costs, improve efficiency, and mass-produce structures for floating wind farms, while also setting up... Continue Reading →
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