"Floating Wind" News

Hexicon Intros Floating Wind Farm Software

Feb 05, 2020

Swedish global technology group Hexicon AB has developed software that estimates the yield output of wind farms that utilize multi-turbine floating platforms.According to the developer, the toolkit provides a quantified comparison between any…

Floatgen Output Doubles in H2 2019

Jan 14, 2020

The 2 MW Floatgen floating wind turbine, the first wind turbine installed offshore France, more than doubled its power production in the second half of 2019 compared to the first semester, reaching an annual total of 6GWh.According to the developer Ideol…

SeaTwirl Gets EU Patent

Jan 20, 2020

Swedish wind power company SeaTwirl has secured a patent from the European Patent Office (EPO) for its divisible offshore wind turbine.SeaTwirl has already been granted the same patent in Sweden, USA and China. SeaTwirl is a vertical floating…

Wood Tallies Hywind Tampen Contract

Dec 11, 2019

Engineering firm Wood announced on Wednesday that it has been awarded a contract by Norwegian energy group Equinor to deliver modifications to a pair of offshore platforms in the Norwegian North Sea that will be connected to electric power from floating wind turbines…

New Floating Wind Center Launched

Oct 31, 2019

The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult launched a new multimillion dollar national Floating Offshore Wind Center of Excellence to drive forward the development of next generation offshore wind technologies.The initiative is backed by up to £500…

SGRE Lands World’s Largest Floating OWF

Nov 01, 2019

Spanish-based engineering company Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) said that the world’s largest floating wind power plant will be installed in Norway, equipped with 11 Siemens Gamesa SG 8.0-167 DD turbines.Scheduled to be commissioned in late 2022…

UK Affirms 40 GW Offshore Wind Goal

Dec 19, 2019

The British Queen, in her speech to both houses of  United Kingdom (UK) parliament, revealed that the UK’s target for installed offshore wind energy has been raised to 40 GW by 2030, and that the UK government will support the development of floating wind turbines…

Huge Potential for Asian Offshore Wind

Nov 27, 2019

Offshore wind industry is set to gain a foothold in new markets in the next five years, with the Asian markets playing a significant role.China has significant ambition for the build-out of offshore wind – and added more capacity in 2018 than any other country…

Electrifying Norway's Offshore Production

Dec 08, 2019

According to Rystad Energy, Norway has taken several steps to reduce its upstream emissions through electrifying offshore platforms, reducing flaring volumes, installing carbon capture and storage (CCS), and other energy efficiency measures…

Subsea UK: New Board for 2020

Dec 09, 2019

Subsea UK announced a new board of senior subsea leaders with a mix of expertise and knowledge across all sectors of the industry.The new board members are Dorothy Burke, Managing Director at Ecosse IP, Suzy Davies, VP HSSE Greenfield Projects at Aker Solutions…

ERSG Wins Asian Offshore Wind Contracts

Dec 04, 2019

Specialist energy recruiters for offshore wind, ERSG  has won a tender to be the sole supplier of fabrication management personnel to two undisclosed offshore wind farms in Asia.Additionally, the Wind industry specialist recruiter has also agreed…

Ideol, Elicio Bid for ScotWind Floater

Nov 01, 2019

Floating offshore wind technology company Ideol and offshore wind farm developer and operator Elicio have joined forces to co-develop floating wind projects in Scottish waters and are preparing to bid for a site to develop at the upcoming ScotWind leasing round…

World’s Biggest Floating Wind Turbine Readies

Nov 05, 2019

The largest floating wind turbine in the world, an 8.4-megawatt (MW) ABS-classed offshore wind turbine, is about to be installed.ABS has classed the semi-submersible floating wind turbine is the first of three classed by ABS and designed by…

Partners Plan Floating Wind Farm in South Korea

Oct 18, 2019

Partners WindPower Korea, EDP Renewables and Aker Solutions will develop a 500 megawatt (MW) floating wind farm off the coast of Ulsan Metropolitan City in South Korea.The consortium was formed as EDP Renewables and Aker Solutions have invested…

First Subsea Wins Floating Wind Contract

Nov 11, 2019

First Subsea said it has secured a second contract with Spanish developer and construction company Cobra Group to provide Dynamic Bend Stiffener Connectors for the Kincardine Floating Offshore Windfarm. Following the initial supply to the pilot turbine last year…

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