"Floating Wind" News

IX Renewables, Asia Cement Corp Team Up for Floating Wind Scheme off Taiwan

Oct 29, 2025

IX Renewables and Asia Cement Corporation (ACC) have signed a cooperation agreement for the Rui Li 1 floating offshore wind project in Tawian.Located deep waters off Hsinchu, the Rui Li 1 floating wind farm will have a planned installed capacity of 180 MW…

China’s Ming Yang Unveils Plans for 50MW Ultra-Large Floating Wind Turbine

Oct 23, 2025

China’s Ming Yang Smart Energy has officially announced its new medium-speed, compact semi-direct drive product line, and the OceanX platform’s 50 MW ultra-large floating wind turbine, pushing the global single-unit capacity record to a new high…

Mooreast, GMC Eye North Sea Offshore Wind and O&G Opportunities

Dec 23, 2025

Singapore-based Mooreast Holdings has signed a memorandum of understanding with Norway-based rigging and industrial services group GMC Holdings to explore offshore wind and oil and gas opportunities in Norway and the wider North Sea.Under the non-binding agreement…

Bureau Veritas Certifies 25MW French Floating Wind Farm

Oct 08, 2025

Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore (BV) has issued a certification for the recently inaugurated 25 MW Provence Grand Large floating offshore wind project, developed and owned by EDF Power Solutions, Enbridge and CPP Investments.BV has been involved in Provence Grand Large project journey since 2017…

SeaThor Starts Testing Dynamic Cable Protection System for Floating Wind

Oct 08, 2025

Engineering firm SeaThor has started testing its dynamic cable protection system CableSpring, designed for subsea cables that connect floating offshore wind turbines to the grid, at Falmouth Harbour’s test site for offshore renewables FaBTest…

SHI’s 15MW Floating Wind Platform Gets ABS Approval

Oct 03, 2025

American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has issued an approval in principle (AIP) to Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) for its SnapWind Float, a new design of a semi-submersible-type floating offshore wind turbine.The SnapWind Float is designed for next-generation 15 MW offshore wind turbines…

French 25MW Floating Offshore Wind Farm Officially Inaugurated (Video)

Oct 02, 2025

France's first floating wind farm, the 25 MW Provence Grand Large, located in the Gulf of Fos in the Mediterranean Sea, has officially been inaugurated.The wind farm has been developed by the EDF Group, through its subsidiary EDF Renewables…

Intermoor, Jumbo Offshore form Alliance for O&G, Floating Wind Sectors

Sep 15, 2025

Intermoor, Acteon’s Moorings and Anchors business line, and Jumbo Offshore, an offshore transportation and installation specialist, have entered into strategic alliance aimed at jointly delivering fully integrated project management, engineering…

Norway’s Utsira Nord Attracts Two Floating Wind Applications

Sep 15, 2025

Norway’s Ministry of Energy has received two applications to develop floating wind projects in the Utsira Nord area, marking the next step in the country’s effort to expand renewable energy capacity.The first application is from the consortium between Equinor Utsira Nord and Vårgrønn Utsira Nord…

SHI’s 15MW Floating Wind Platform Gets Lloyd’s Register’s Blessing

Sep 12, 2025

Lloyd’s Register (LR) has granted Approval in Principle (AiP) to Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) for its new floating offshore wind turbine design, the SnapWind Float. SnapWind Float has been developed to deliver floating wind solutions that…

KR Gives Nod for SHI’s 15MW Floating Wind Platform

Sep 10, 2025

Korean Register (KR) has issued an Approval in Principle (AIP) for Samsung Heavy Industries’ (SHI) newly developed SnapWind Float, a next generation floating offshore wind substructure capable of supporting 15MW turbines.As large-scale offshore wind projects continue to expand worldwide…

Deeper Waters to Test Taiwan’s Offshore Wind Ambitions

Sep 09, 2025

Taiwan's bid to propel its billowing offshore wind power market will entail huge government support for prospective suppliers to achieve capacity goals as projects move to deep, technically challenging waters, industry officials and analysts said…

Ocean Winds Installs Final Turbine at French Floating Wind Farm

Sep 05, 2025

Ocean Winds (OW), an offshore wind joint venture between EDP Renewables and ENGIE, has completed the installation of the third and final turbine for its Éoliennes Flottantes du Golfe du Lion (EFGL) floating wind project.Developed in partnership with Banque des Territoires…

Principle Power’s Floating Wind Tech Surpasses 1TWh Generation Milestone

Sep 03, 2025

Principle Power has reported that offshore wind farms using its WindFloat technology have delivered more than 1 TWh of cumulative power to the grid since the first pilot was installed in 2011, marking a key step toward scaling floating offshore wind to commercial levels…

OWC Gets Cable Engineering Job for GreenVolt Floating Wind Farm

Aug 29, 2025

Renewable energy consultancy OWC has secured cable engineering support job for the 560 MW GreenVolt floating wind farm offshore Scotland, being developed by Flotation Energy and Vårgrønn, a joint venture firm created by Plenitude (Eni) and HitecVision…

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