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A unique double rotor floating wind turbine concept has earned a statement of feasibility from classification and certification body DNV GL. This statement, based on DNV GL’s technology qualification services, confirms that the nezzy² floater is designed to state-of-the-art safety, quality and performance standards, and allows its developer, aerodyn engineering, to secure investments and enter... Continue Reading →
Floating wind turbines atop the ocean could be the next big renewables market. GTM helps explain the weird and wonderful world of clean energy. Onshore wind turbines can be found everywhere from the tropics to the Arctic. Three decades ago, developers started putting them on fixed foundations out at sea, sparking the rise of the offshore... Continue Reading →
FLASC, a start-up developing non-battery based energy storage solutions for the offshore sector has entered a collaboration with offshore installation giant Subsea 7. FLASC's patented Hydro-Pneumatic Energy Storage (HPES) concept combines pressurized seawater with compressed air to create an efficient, large-scale energy storage device that can be applied across a wide range of offshore applications.... Continue Reading →
A floating offshore wind supply chain group has been formed in Scotland, as a subgroup of the Scottish DeepWind supply chain cluster, looking to ensure that the local firms benefit from the nascent but growing floating offshore wind industry. "Scotland is currently the world leader in the deployment of floating offshore wind with the Hywind... Continue Reading →
Total has bought a 20 per cent stake in the EolMed floating wind pilot project in France, located in the Mediterranean Sea, off the coast of Gruissan and near Port-La-Nouvelle. The 30 MW EolMed will feature three MHI Vestas 10 MW turbines installed on Ideol’s Damping Pool floating foundation and is scheduled to be built in 2023.... Continue Reading →
The construction has started in Norway of what will be the world's largest floating wind farm - the Hywind Tampen. Norway's Prime Minister Erna Solberg and Kværner apprentice Arne Linga officially kickstarted the construction work by starting the cutting robot on the project's first sheet of steel on Thursday, 1 October. Kværner is responsible for... Continue Reading →
TOTAL's announcement with Green Investment Group yesterday about Floating wind in South Korea is an important milestone in offshore wind energy and towards accelerated momentum in the Floating wind segment. Quest Floating Wind Energy's Q Vision illustrates a $35 billion Total Addressable Market in CapEx for the Asia Pacific region with South Korea now leading...... Continue Reading →
Shell is already considering the possibility of developing offshore wind farm projects in Brazil, said the company's president in the country, André Araújo, during a webinar held by the British Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Brazil (Britcham) on September 1st. The executive explained that the company may apply technologies that are being studied abroad... Continue Reading →
Norwegian offshore oil and gas drilling contractor Odfjell Drilling is stepping out of the comfort zone and into the offshore renewables space. The company, which provides drilling rigs for oil and gas companies, on Thursday announced its investment in Oceanwind AS, a company working on developing harsh environment floating offshore wind turbines. Continue reading
Since 2010, wind energy has seen sustained growth worldwide, with the amount of energy generated by offshore wind increasing by nearly 30% each year. Countries around the world need to ramp up renewable energy supply quickly to meet growing demand and rapidly reduce emissions. Despite this urgency, offshore wind currently provides less than 1% of the... Continue Reading →
