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  • Denmark: DHI Tests Floating Wind Turbines in Its Wave Basins

    12 November 2012
    R&D, Technology

    As a member of the HYDRALAB-IV consortium, DHI offers access to research groups to conduct experimental studies in its wave basins. One of the projects selected by HYDRALAB’s user selection panel for Transnational Access to the facilities concerns ‘Dynamic Response of Floating offshore Structures under Random Waves and Wind Action’. The project was formulated by […]

  • Alstom to Lower Capital Cost of Offshore Wind Turbines (USA)

    20 September 2011
    Business & Finance

      Alstom and several prominent US-based research institutions have been awarded a $4.1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to research and develop advanced control systems and integrated innovative sensors that increase energy production and lower the capital cost of offshore wind turbines—especially those based on advanced floating substructures. The award was […]

  • Boskalis Uses 3D Motion Compensated Drill Rig in OWF Ops

    28 February 2017
    Technology, Vessels

    Boskalis has recently used a new solution for subsea drilling from a floating barge during wind turbine foundation installation, developed by a team of engineers from Boskalis, DDC and Barge Master.

  • Eolus and Simply Blue to Jointly Develop Floating Wind Farms Offshore Sweden and Finland

    30 November 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    Eolus and Simply Blue Group have established a joint venture named SeaSapphire to develop four commercial-scale floating offshore wind farms in the Baltic Sea – two projects in Sweden and two in Finland. The four projects include Skidbladner, located 100 kilometres southeast of Stockholm; Herkules, located 60 kilometres southeast of the Island of Gotland; Wellamo, […]

  • Taiwan’s NCKU Launches Floating LiDAR to Assess Offshore Wind

    28 May 2013
    R&D, Technology

    National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), southern Taiwan, launched its floating LiDAR, an offshore wind resource assessment buoy, May 24, at Tainan Hydraulics Laboratory. “It is the Asia No. 1 and World No.4 of Floating LiDAR applications in wind profiler measurement at sea,” said NCKU President Hwung-Hweng Hwung at the launching ceremony. He added, “This will […]

  • Floatgen Breaks Record in February

    12 March 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    Floatgen, the first offshore wind turbine installed off the French coast, produced 923.2MWh of electricity in February, setting a new monthly record. The 2MW Floatgen turbine achieved a capacity factor of 66.3% for the power production of 923.2MWh last month, Ideol said. With a February time availability of 95.7%, Ideol added that its patented floating foundation […]

  • French Offshore Wind Tender Enters Competitive Dialogue Stage

    25 January 2021
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    France’s Commission de régulation de l’énergie (CRE) has opened a competitive dialogue process towards selecting the developer of an offshore wind farm off the Cotentin Peninsula, Normandy. The process will be carried out in three phases: the selection of applications, competitive dialogue, and tender submissions and the selection of a winner. The procedure is scheduled […]

  • Portuguese Government Working Towards Planned 2023 Offshore Wind Tender

    24 January 2023
    Authorities

    The Portuguese government is set to open a public hearing on the proposals for the delimitation of deployment areas for offshore wind, ahead of the country’s first offshore wind tender, scheduled to take place this year. This is according to Portugal’s Prime Minister Antonio Costa, who posted an update on social media during his state […]

  • France: IDEOL Announces Industrialisation and Unveils Its Floating OW Foundation

    18 September 2012

    After two years of development, IDEOL announces the industrialisation of its floating offshore wind foundation and unveils its key features. The IDEOL solution represents a technological breakthrough from the current bottom-fixed foundation technologies. Thanks to the exceptional dynamic behaviour of the Damping Pool® system, developed and patented by IDEOL, the floating foundation is compatible with […]

  • Spain: Euskalforging Bags Order for Two OWFs

    19 March 2013

    Euskalforging continues chaining orders for TP and MP flanges by securing the orders for full supply of Amrumbank and Humber Gateway offshore wind farms. Last year, the company secured a contract to supply 3 connecting flanges for the prototype of NENUPHAR floating foundation, an innovative offshore wind mill. This year, they will deliver total of […]

  • Hollandse Kust Noord to Add Floating Solar Panels in 2025

    3 August 2020
    R&D, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    A floating solar demonstration project to be installed within the Hollandse Kust Noord offshore wind farm site will be constructed in 2025, according to TNO, the Dutch organization for applied scientific research. TNO will work on research and demonstration of offshore solar energy in the new offshore wind farm together with CrossWind, a Shell-Eneco consortium […]

  • Ecofys WTTS Performs Floating LiDAR Uncertainty Assessment

    12 September 2016
    R&D

    Ecofys WTTS has performed the first ever full uncertainty assessment of a floating LiDAR to support the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO.nl) in their preparations of the next round of Dutch offshore tenders. The aim of the study was to quantify the certainty with which the wind data, currently measured at the offshore wind farm zones Hollandse […]

  • Japan: Environmental Ministry to Conduct Floating Wind Turbine Trails

    17 May 2012
    Authorities, R&D

      Due to the limited space for onshore wind turbines in Japan, the Japanese Environmental Ministry is planning to conduct trails for floating wind turbine off Kabashima Island in Nagasaki Prefecture later this month, the Daily Yomiuri informed. Fisrtly, the ministry is going to test a small 100-kilowatt model with three 11-meter blades. After completion […]

  • Equinor Keen On Building 200MW Floating Wind Farm Off Gran Canaria

    4 June 2019
    Business & Finance

    Norwegian energy company Equinor has expressed interest to built a 200MW floating wind farm offshore Spain’s Gran Canaria island, according to reports from local media. Equinor has, through a recently established subsidiary, sent an expression of interest to the Government of Spain to develop the EUR 860 million wind farm in an area southeast of […]

  • Spain: 5MW Floating Wind Turbine Taking Shape

    20 December 2017
    Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Dutch heavy transportation and lifting company ALE has lifted the second section of a telescopic tower of the first self-installing telescopic offshore wind turbine at the Arinaga port, Gran Canaria. The works are being carried out under the Horizon 2020 Elisa/Elican project, which will result in installing the structure with a 5MW wind turbine off Gran Canaria next year.

  • Ormazabal to Provide Switchgear for Japanese Floating Offshore Wind Project

    9 September 2013
    Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Technology

    Ormazabal will provide CGMCOSMOS fully gas-insulated switchgear for the 7MW wind turbine generator system that comprises the second phase of the offshore floating project, undertaken by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and sponsored by the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry on the Fukushima coast. The project started in 2012 with the installation of a 66kV […]

  • Spain Adopts Regulatory Framework for EUR 200 Million Grant Programme for Marine Renewables

    8 December 2022
    Business & Finance, Technology

    The Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge (MITECO) of Spain has published a document which sets out the regulatory bases for the allocation of state grants for the development of marine renewable energy pilot projects and associated infrastructure. Released on Spanish government’s official publication for legal notices by MITECO, the document outlines […]

  • Innovation Key to Future of US Offshore Wind

    10 October 2012
    Technology

    The success of the North American offshore renewable energy industry will depend as much on future, sustained investment in technological innovation, as it will on backing pioneering offshore power projects. That is according to GCube, the leading provider of underwriting services for renewable energy projects, which has collaborated with Seattle based renewable energy technology developer, […]

  • Next level wave intelligence for Floating Wind Farms. (FOWF)

    12 October 2020

    Harvesting wind energy from far offshore has significant advantages. At the same time, it introduces many challenges and some unknown issues still yet to be faced. They are installed far from shore, in deeper waters, in the middle of harsh marine environments where local sea state conditions can instantly change, while turbines are exposed to […]

  • BlueSATH Floating Turbine Prototype Sets Off for Installation

    10 August 2020
    R&D, Technology

    The BlueSATH floating wind turbine prototype has departed for installation offshore Santander in Spain, Saitec Offshore Technologies said. Once installed, the 1:6 prototype of the BlueSATH (Swinging Around Twin Hull) turbine will operate for a period of 12 months after which it will be completely decommissioned. The scaled-down version has a hub height of 17.45m […]

  • World Bank: 3.1TW of Offshore Wind Potential in Emerging Markets

    1 November 2019

    Brazil, India, Morocco, the Philippines, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Turkey, and Vietnam have a total technical offshore wind potential of approximately 3.1 terawatts, according to a report published by World Bank on 1 October 2019. The report Going Global: Expanding Offshore Wind to Emerging Markets identifies 1TW of fixed-bottom offshore wind and almost 2.1TW of […]

  • Six Key Offshore Wind Themes to Watch in 2022 – Westwood

    20 January 2022
    Business & Finance

    The following is a guest post by Westwood Global Energy Group’s Senior Analysts Michelle Gomez, Bahzad Ayoub and Ruth Chen. The offshore wind sector had another record-breaking year in 2021. Some 18.6 GW of capacity was put into operation – the industry’s highest level of annual capacity additions.   Mainland China’s push to bring capacity […]

  • Top News of the Week, 19 – 25 June 2017

    25 June 2017

    First Hywind Turbine Mounted on Its Floating Foundation The first of the total 5 turbines for the Hywind Scotland project has been lifted onto its floating foundation in Stord, Norway, and is ready for the deployment off the Scottish coast. MHI Vestas SOV Hits the Water (Video) Cemre Shipyard in Turkey has organised a launching […]

  • BlueTEC Tidal Energy Platform Inaugurated

    10 April 2015
    Technology

    The first BlueTEC Tidal Energy platform was formally named by the Mayor of Texel, the Netherlands yesterday. The floating platform, which holds tidal turbines below the sea surface, will soon be positioned near the island of Texel – supplying clean electricity to the Dutch grid. This first BlueTEC will serve as a demonstration platform targeted […]

  • Top News of the Week October 14– October 20, 2013

    20 October 2013

    UK: Siemens Installs 6 MW Wind Turbine Siemens has now installed a market-ready version of its new 6 megawatt (MW) gearless wind turbine on the test site of the power utility SSE, the UK’s largest generator of renewable energy. UK: Wind Turbine Component Collapses at Belfast Harbour Last week a wind turbine tower section fell […]

  • Norway: Anchor Contracting Appoints New Managing Director

    1 February 2013

    Jørgen Jorde is appointed as Managing Director of Anchor Contracting AS. Jørgen Jorde has served as project manager and technical director of Anchor Contracting since he entered Inocean as responsible for SURF & Renewable in beginning of 2012, a position he will continue holding. Jorde has more than 20 years of experience in the industry […]