Offshore fixed-in-place wind farms are not new, but they are providing renewable power in many locations around the world. But there’s a limit to the water depth — and thus distance offshore — that…
OCEAN WINDS (OW, a Joint Venture between EDP Renewables and ENGIE) and TERNA ENERGY have signed a collaboration agreement to co-develop floating offshore wind projects in the Greek seas.
OW and…
The European Union is considering a plan to increase its offshore wind energy capacity five-fold this decade and 25-fold by 2050, as it seeks to become climate neutral by mid-century, according to a…
The total pipeline of offshore wind projects worldwide has surged 47 per cent since January, signaling continued rapid growth for the sector as it weathers global supply chain disruptions and…
Giant turbines operating from anchored rafts can harness strong offshore winds.
Offshore wind farm potential is enormous. They are no longer limited to shallow water but can operate from anchored…
The Biscay Marine Energy Platform (BiMEP) has been authorised to install and and trial new floating wind technologies at its facilities.
The Biscay Marine Energy Platform (BiMEP), located off the…
Maritime Minister Norbert Brackmann lays out Germany's key focus for EU presidency.
Germany is to work towards better coordination of European Union maritime policy, including on offshore wind,…
The floating offshore wind sector in the UK can deliver almost £34bn in economic benefits by 2050, according to a new report by RenewableUK and Scottish Renewables.
The report – 'Floating Wind: The…
The first turbine from the WindFloat Atlantic project was successfully towed from Ferrol, Spain, towards its destination 20 km off the coast of Viana do Castelo in Portugal on Saturday (19 October),…
The World's biggest floating solar panel has been installed at the LUX* South Ari Atoll resort on A.A Dhihdhoofinolhu in the Maldives.
LUX* stated that the solar panel system named "Solar Sea" will…
French floating PV specialist Ciel&Terre is teaming up with SCG, an Asian petrochemical company, to develop floating solar plants at hydroelectric dams in Thailand.
Ciel&Terre and SCG have…
Castle Wind, a joint venture between Trident Winds and EnBW North America, has released a new study that indicates offshore wind off the coast of California could save ratepayers $1-2 billion on a…
Scotland’s Hywind is a 30 MW wind farm off the Aberdeenshire coast. Since October 2017, the five turbines have been operating as the world’s largest testbed for floating wind technology. Now, it’s a…
China and the US have maintained the top two places, respectively, in the EY Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Index, with France moving up two places into third on the back of developments in…
Dutch renewable energy developer Groenleven is planning to build Europe’s largest floating PV project to date, a 48 MW installation at a sand extraction site owned by Kremer Zand and Grind.…
Developer believes nation can mirror UK by making floating sector 'cornerstone' of renewables push.
Equinor aims to develop floating wind projects off Greece, the Norwegian energy giant confirmed to…
The U.S. Department of Energy’s innovation arm wants to disrupt floating offshore wind turbine technology.
On February 1, the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) announced it was…
Floating offshore wind has the potential to generate up to 17,000 jobs in the UK by 2050, according to a report from the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult.
The report, which was commissioned by…