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Study Determines Feasibility of Floating Wind Turbines on OCS
A study on the technical feasibility of installing floating wind turbines on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) has been completed by ABS, an agency focused on the development and verification of...
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France Launches Tender For Floating Wind Farm — World’s First
Originally published on RenewEconomy by Sophie Vorrath France has launched a tender for what would be the world’s first large-scale floating wind farm, inviting companies to submit proposals for...
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Construction Begins On Europe’s Largest Floating Solar Plant
Construction has begun on what will end up being Europe’s largest floating solar plant, atop Godley Reservoir in the UK. The project developer, and the UK’s largest listed water company, announced this...
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Researchers Develop Low-Cost Offshore Floating Wind Turbine
Researchers have designed and patented a floating platform for offshore wind turbines that they believe can reduce costs up to 12 euro cents per kilowatt hour. A team of researchers from the the...
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Scottish Government Approves 48 Megawatt Floating Offshore Wind Farm
The Scottish Government announced this week that it has approved a floating offshore wind turbine which would see eight 6-megawatt wind turbines installed off the coast of Aberdeen, in the country's...
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European Floating Offshore Wind Ready For The Big Time
Floating offshore wind energy is no longer just a flight of fancy or drawing-board dream, but is a viable technology and ready to be brought up to industrial scale, according to a new report from...
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Siemens Gamesa Installs 6 Megawatt Wind Turbines On Floating Foundations For...
Newly anointed Siemens Gamesa has completed the installation of five 6 megawatt turbines on floating foundations in Stord, Norway, to be then towed to Scottish waters to be installed at what will then...
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Global Floating Solar Capacity Surpasses 1 Gigawatt
The new hot trend in renewable energy technologies seems to be to test whether it will float, and a new report from the World Bank published last week revealed that there is currently 1.1 gigawatts...
View ArticleGiant Subsea “Starfish” To Help Push The Cost Of Floating Offshore Wind Down...
The US Department of Energy wants the cost of floating offshore wind power to drop by 70% over the next 10 years...are they dreaming or not? The post Giant Subsea “Starfish” To Help Push The Cost Of...
View ArticleUS Floating Offshore Wind Industry To Tackle Maine
The rough-and-tumble coast of Maine is about to get a renewable energy makeover with an assist from new floating offshore wind technology. The post US Floating Offshore Wind Industry To Tackle Maine...
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