Five European offshore wind test sites have formed HiPoTeSis, a new alliance aiming to improve conditions for floating wind demonstration projects. BiMEP, CEO, Foundation Open-C, METCEntre and Plocan have created HiPoTeSis. This collaborative network of five operational offshore demonstration test s
The American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has issued Approval in Principle (AiP) to the OO-STAR concrete semi-submersible floater from Bouygues Travaux Publics, a subsidiary of Bouygues Construction. The foundation can support wind turbines of more than 20 MW in harsh offshore environments, Bouygues Con
A generator on a turbine at the Kincardine floating wind farm off the coast of Scotland has been replaced, in what is being claimed as the “world’s first” in-situ major component exchange at a floating offshore wind farm. The work on the Vestas V164-9.5 MW wind turbine was carried out using an offsh
China’s Dajin Heavy Industry and Spain’s BlueFloat Energy have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to drive innovation and sustainability in the floating offshore wind industry. Under the MoU, BlueFloat and Dajin will focus their work on technical innovation, supply chain enhancement, and dec
Sweden-based Windeed and ASCO, a provider of logistics and materials management, have signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) to strengthen their roles in the floating wind sector by improving logistics and operations for floating offshore wind projects. The collaboration will focus on creating a logistics
ENEOS Renewable Energy (ERE), the renewable arm of the Japanese energy giant ENEOS Holdings, has become a partner in the GoliatVIND floating offshore wind project in Norway by acquiring a 20 per cent shareholding in the project from Odfjell Oceanwind. This is ERE’s first overseas offshore wind proje
Spain’s X1 Wind has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Dutch company FibreMax to boost performance, innovation, and sustainability in the floating wind energy sector, focusing specifically on tension leg platform (TLP) tendons. X1 Wind’s collaboration with the mooring line manufactu
Principle Power has expanded its WindFloat portfolio by introducing two new semi-submersible floating wind foundation designs, called WindFloat TC and WindFloat FC, which are said to be optimised for 15 MW+ wind turbines. According to the company, the new designs are natural evolutions of the existi
Aker Solutions has won a contract from Renexia to design the underwater substations for the 2.8 GW Med Wind floating offshore wind project in the Mediterranean Sea. Renexia, through its subsidiary Renext Solutions, signed a Front-End Engineering and Design (FEED) contract with Aker Solutions, markin
Archer Wind has ordered TP-Products’ bolted connections for the floating wind foundation which will be installed as part of the Culzean pilot project. The one-turbine, 3 MW pilot is owned and developed by TotalEnergies and will power the Culzean gas platform in the UK North Sea. TotalEnergies has co
In the quest to bring down the cost of offshore wind, Norwegian companies are innovating on several fronts, including cutting-edge floating foundation designs. Most wind energy experts agree: Floating offshore wind holds great promise, but costs must drop dramatically if floating solutions are to be
In its four years of operation, the world’s first semi-submersible floating offshore wind farm, WindFloat Atlantic, has surpassed anticipated production figures, achieving a total cumulative output of 320 GWh. Connected to the grid by the end of 2019 and fully commissioned in 2020, the floating offs
All the blades for the Les Eoliennes Flottantes du Golfe du Lion (EFGL) floating offshore wind farm have been delivered and unloaded at the port of Port-La Nouvelle wind terminal in France. Earlier this week, the FWN Arctic vessel, specially designed for the transport of wind components, delivered t
Norway’s Equinor has decided to discontinue its offshore wind projects in Spain and Portugal, following the company’s earlier decision to exit Vietnam. Equinor may also scale back operations in other countries as well in an effort to cut costs, an executive told Reuters. The announcement follows clo
