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  • SeaTwirl Continues Patent Streak

    10 May 2019
    Business & Finance

    The Chinese patent authority has awarded the Swedish wind power company SeaTwirl with a patent for its divisible offshore wind turbine. The solution includes a turbine that is divisible above and below the house that holds the generator and bearing, meaning that their entire housing can be replaced just above the water surface by boat, SeaTwirl […]

  • Norway Grants Concession to SeaTwirl’s Floating Wind Demo

    29 March 2022
    Authorities

    SeaTwirl has been granted concession for an offshore site in Bokn municipality, Norway, where the Swedish company plans to install its S2x floating wind platform. SeaTwirl, together with Marin Energi Testsenter AS (MET), applied for a five-year concession with Norwegian Waterways and Energy Directorate to install its 1 MW S2x vertical-shafted turbine with associated anchors […]

  • Sweden: SeaTwirl Adds New Board Member

    11 June 2013
    Business & Finance

    SeaTwirl AB has announced that it has a new board member added to its team.  Katarina Frotjold has previous experience from the automotive industry as well as the wind industry and has been involved in several interesting wind projects before. She has great compassion in wind projects and especially vertical axis wind turbines. Katarina will bring the team […]

  • SeaTwirl Granted Patent in Japan

    12 February 2021
    Business & Finance, Technology

    SeaTwirl has been granted a patent for its divisible offshore wind turbine by the Japanese Patent Office. “Japan has great water depths and large cities along the coasts, which is an interesting market for our floating wind turbine, especially when Japan has set a goal of becoming CO2 neutral by 2050. To protect our ideas […]

  • SeaTwirl Developes New VAWT (Sweden)

    20 December 2011

      SeaTwirl has created a vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT) that is both direct-drive and stores energy using seawater. It also uses water as…   ( cleantechnica ) [mappress] Source: cleantechnica, December 20, 2011; Image: seatwirl

  • UK Oil & Gas Operator Eyeing SeaTwirl Floating Wind Tech to Decarbonise Offshore Production

    12 August 2024
    Business development, Floating Wind

    Swedish floating wind turbine developer SeaTwirl has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with UK-based oil and gas operator Serica Energy, under which the two companies will explore decarbonising Serica Energy’s offshore assets. With the MoU, the two companies plan to work together on identifying and assessing potential opportunities to decarbonise offshore oil and gas […]

  • SeaTwirl Partners with Local Firm to Bring Vertical-Axis Floating Wind Turbine to Japan

    29 March 2024
    Business & Finance, Business development, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development

    Sweden-based SeaTwirl has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Sumitomo Corporation Power & Mobility (SCPM) to promote its vertical-axis offshore floating wind turbine in the Japanese market. Under the MoU, SCPM will be responsible for identifying, marketing, negotiating, and contracting potential clients. The Swedish company will be in charge of promoting and offering the […]

  • London Marine Consultants to Design SeaTwirl Spar

    19 March 2021
    Contracts & Tenders

    London Marine Consultants (LMC) has secured a contract to perform the detailed design of the spar for the full-scale SeaTwirl 1 MW S2 floating wind turbine. SeaTwirl is a floating vertical axis wind turbine (VAWTT) with a tower placed on an underwater structure, which consists of a buoyancy component and a keel at its lowest point. The […]

  • SeaTwirl, Floating Power Plant Secure EU Funding

    12 December 2018
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, R&D, Technology

    SeaTwirl and Floating Power Plant have joined the Ocean Energy Scale-Up Alliance (OESA) which has been granted funding from the Interreg North Sea Region.

  • Highlights of the Month – January 2020

    3 February 2020

    The Offshore WIND team brings you the ten most-read news on the site in the first month of 2020.

  • Highlights of the Month – February 2021

    1 March 2021

    The Offshore WIND team brings you the ten most-read articles on the site for the second month of 2021. Vestas Launches 15 MW Offshore Wind Turbine Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas has introduced the V236-15.0 MW offshore wind turbine. Siemens Gamesa Rolls Out Record-Breaking Wind Turbine Blade Siemens Gamesa has completed the first Siemens Gamesa […]

  • SeaTwirl Offshore Wind Turbine Stores Energy (Sweden)

    27 September 2011
    Technology

      Though there are some alternative wind turbine designs out there, generally speaking the windmill is a relatively mature technology. By Dave Levitan (spectrum.ieee) [mappress] Source: spectrum.ieee, September 27, 2011

  • Offshore Wind Turbines in 2022: 15 MW Prototypes Starting to Spin in Europe, Chinese Rolling Out 16 MW Models, Windcatcher and VAWTs Secure Demo Projects

    5 January 2023
    Technology

    Wind energy generation technology is one of the hottest topics on offshoreWIND.biz year after year and 2022 was no different. Over the past twelve months, various updates made headlines, from upgrades to existing platforms and rolling out new models to securing pilot projects for novel designs. Further below, you can find an overview of our […]

  • Norway’s METCentre Gets Green Light to Test More Floating Wind Turbines

    8 December 2023
    Business development, Floating Wind, R&D, Research & Development, Technology

    The Marine Energy Test Centre (METCentre) in Norway has been granted final approval for new test concessions for floating offshore wind. METCentre was given the green light for five new wind turbines offshore Norway. The Norwegian test centre is developing new infrastructure to be ready in 2026. In total, seven turbines will be tested in […]

  • So Many Floating Wind Designs, So Few Test Sites – Norwegian METCentre Sold Out

    7 February 2023
    Research & Development, Technology

    There are currently more than 80 floating wind technology concepts and designs worldwide, and testing even a certain number of these could prove to be an endeavour since, at least in Europe, there are not many test sites dedicated to floating wind technology. This is according to a discussion during the Focus on Floating Wind […]

  • Ten Most Read News on OffshoreWIND.biz in 2022

    2 January 2023
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D, Technology, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    With over 2,000 articles published on offshoreWIND.biz in 2022 and several million pageviews, there are some news that garnered more attention than others. Read the top ten most read news on offshoreWIND.biz in 2022.

  • Jack-Up Barge Presents New Installation Method

    17 March 2014
    R&D

    Jack-Up Barge, the offshore self-elevating platform supplier, has pioneered a new cost-effective installation method that promises to revolutionise offshore wind turbine construction. The Netherlands-based based company, one of the world’s leading suppliers to the offshore energy markets, successfully completed seatrials at the beginning of March, on a new, first-of-its-kind, portable DP2 system. The new system, […]

  • Photo of the Day: Seajacks Scylla on Sea Trials

    27 October 2015
    Vessels

    Offshore WIND’s photo of the day: Seajacks Scylla on sea trials, which began this month.  Seajacks Scylla went on her seatrials at the beginning of October, before being delivered to its owner by the end of the year. The vessel, built at Samsung Heavy Industries’ (SHI) Geoje Yard in South Korea, is equipped with a 1500t leg-encircling crane, incorporates […]

  • Seazip Picks Damen CTV for Nordsee Ost Gig

    25 May 2018
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Seazip Offshore Service has chartered crew transfer vessel (CTV) SeaTwin 2 from Damen Marine Services for an ROV campaign at the Nordsee Ost offshore wind farm.

  • The Netherlands: Crane Barge Conquest MB1 Successfully Completes Offshore Lifting Trials

    31 January 2013

    Two approximately 200 ton test weights were unloaded by heavy lift crane barge Conquest MB1, from the DP feeder vessel Abis Dublin. The test lifts were successfully performed in weather conditions with waves of 0.5 to 1.5 meter, waveperiods of 2 to 9 seconds and windspeeds of 23 to 29 knots (12 to 15 m/s. […]

  • Overcoming Floating Wind Challenges Is Key to Global Energy Transition – Houlder

    27 January 2023
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Contribution, Industry, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology

    The following article is a guest post by Mark Goalen, Director – Offshore Engineering, Houlder. The scaling up of renewable energy capacity will be essential for the success of the global energy transition. Increasing offshore wind capacity is, in turn, key to scaling up renewable energy production but is reliant on developers installing high-capacity farms […]