Japan aims to start planning a national floating wind test centre next year, a senior industry official said, vowing to pursue a path of wind power growth despite a recent setback when Mitsubishi quit three projects.Mitsubishi-led consortia 8058…
MODEC has received an Approval in Principle (AiP) from the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) for its floating wind turbine concept, the i-TLP2.With its tension leg platform (TLP)-oriented features, the i-TLP2 is said to minimize floater motions and seabed footprint…
The Scottish Government has granted joint venture partnership between Ørsted, Simply Blue Group and Subsea7, the developers of Salamander floating offshore wind farm, a go-ahead to build and operate the 100 MW floating wind array.Salamander…
Cierco Energy and Marine Power Systems (MPS) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) as a first step towards the deployment of MPS’ PelaFlex technology in one of the Llŷr Test and demonstration projects in the Celtic Sea.The MoU formalizes the strategic partnership…
The world’s most powerful direct-drive floating offshore wind turbine, rated at 17 MW and co-developed by Dongfang Electric Corporation and China Huaneng, has been rolled out in China.With the highest single-unit capacity and the largest rotor diameter globally…
Worley has secured a front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract for onshore substation 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…
Gazelle Wind Power, a Dublin-based floating wind developer, has secured $1.7 million investment through strategic agreement with dstgroup, a Portuguese conglomerate, aimed at advancing floating wind technology and Nau Azul demonstration project off Portugal…
Singapore-based mooring and anchoring specialist Mooreast Holdings has partnered with Norway-based GeoProvider to strengthen capabilities in offshore data analysis and enhance its value proposition to the floating offshore renewable energy market…
Triton Anchor has secured two patents in the United States for its proprietary offshore anchor and subsea deployment tool, with a notice of allowance for the anchor patent also received in Japan.These newly patented technologies mark an advancement in enabling low-cost…
Electric Power Development Co. (J-POWER) has joined the WHEEL project, a floating offshore wind power demonstration project in Gran Canaria, led by Spanish firm Esteyco.In the demonstration project, a floating offshore wind turbine, rated at 6…
Muir Mhòr floating wind farm, being developed by Vattenfall and Fred. Olsen Seawind, has received consent for the onshore application from Aberdeenshire Council today in a big step forward for the 1 GW project.The decision was taken at a meeting…
Equinor and Gwynt Glas, a joint venture between EDF Renewables UK and ESB, have secured seabed leases to develop floating wind farms off the coasts of Wales and South West England in Celtic Sea.The announcement was shared by the Crown Estate…
Norwegian seismic firm TGS has started a geophysical survey for the pioneering Green Volt floating offshore wind farm offshore Scotland.Mobilization initiated in Aberdeen last week and the work is scheduled throughout June will include an ultra…
France's first floating wind farm, the 25 MW Provence Grand Large, located in the Gulf of Fos in the Mediterranean Sea.The Provence Grand Large wind farm is a pilot project with three floating wind turbines installed 17 km off the coast of Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône…
OWC and Empire Engineering have been selected to provide owner’s engineering services at the Ayre and Bowdun offshore wind farms, supporting Thistle Wind Partners (TWP), a consortium composed of DEME, Qair and Aspiravi, from concept selection through to further design phases…
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