Floating Wind News


Maine Wins Federal Floating Wind Research Lease

Aug 19, 2024

The Biden administration on Monday issued an offshore wind lease to the state of Maine for a small project that will demonstrate floating turbine technology off the U.S. East Coast.The lease area covers 9,700 acres (3,920 hectares) and is 28 nautical miles (52 kilometers) from shore…

"World's Most Powerful Floating Wind Turbine" Sets Sail

Aug 19, 2024

OceanX, which is reported by its developer MingYang Group to be the world's largest single capacity floating wind power platform, embarked on its journey from Guangzhou to the Yangjiang Mingyang Qingzhou IV offshore wind farm in Guangdong, China…

‘World’s Largest’ Floating Wind Platform on Its Way to Offshore Site in China

Aug 13, 2024

China’s Mingyang Smart Energy has started towing what’s said to be the world’s largest single-capacity floating wind platform, rated at 16.6MW, to the the Qingzhou IV offshore wind farm site in South China Sea.The floater, dubbed OceanX, features…

SeaTwirl, Serica Energy to Explore Electrification of Offshore Assets with Floating Wind

Aug 12, 2024

Floating wind turbine developer SeaTwirl has signed memorandum of understanding (MoU) with offshore oil and gas operator Serica Energy to collaborate on exploring the feasibility of electrification of offshore assets and oil and gas activities with SeaTwirl's floating wind turbine…

BlueFloat Selects Site for Floating Wind Demo Project Offshore Taiwan

Aug 07, 2024

BlueFloat Energy has revealed the site location for its floating wind project, which will participate in the upcoming floating demonstration program, due to be launched by the Taiwanese government later in 2024.The ‘Winds of September Phase 1’ project…

Equinor Picks SHI as Preferred Supplier for Korean 750 MW Floating Wind Project

Aug 07, 2024

Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) and Equinor have signed a preferred supplier agreement for floating structures for the 750 MW Bandibuli offshore wind project being developed in South Korea.The supplier agreement for the fabrication and marshalling…

Tokyo Gas Invests in Floating Wind Farm Offshore Portugal

Aug 06, 2024

Tokyo Gas has acquired 21.2% stake in the WindFloat Atlantic floating wind farm, operational offshore Portugal since 2020, joining Ocean Winds and Repsol as partner.The investment marks a new collaboration milestone between Tokyo Gas and Ocean Winds…

Apollo Wraps Up Trials of Quick Connector for Floating Offshore Renewables

Jul 29, 2024

Engineering company Apollo has completed the offshore trials for its PALM Quick Connection System (QCS), designed to streamline the efficient hook-up and disconnection of cables or moorings for floating offshore renewable energy devices.The trials…

Floating Wind Set for Enhanced Environmental Monitoring with DemoSATH Lab

Jul 29, 2024

Spanish engineering firm Saitec Offshore Technologies and offshore wind player RWE have launched the DemoSATH Lab initiative to carry out further environmental monitoring studies around the floating wind demonstrator deployed off the Basque coast…

Rovco Lands Survey Work at Green Volt Floating Wind Farm

Jul 25, 2024

UK-based tech-powered offshore wind solutions provider Rovco has been awarded the site characterization survey work in support of the development of Green Volt floating wind farm in Scotland.Rovco will focus on geophysical surveys in the OWF array area…

Empire Energy and Largo Concrete Cement Offshore Wind Partnership

Jul 23, 2024

Empire Energy Partners' Offshore Division, an offshore wind EPC firm, has partnered with Largo Concrete, a structural concrete contractor, to support the growth of offshore wind sector.The partnership will leverage Empire Energy Offshore's project…

Seas Geosciences Kicks Off Seabed Survey for Renexia’s 2.8GW Floating Wind Farm

Jul 16, 2024

Renexia, a Toto Holding company active in the renewable energy sector, together with its partner Seas Geosciences, has entered the second phase of coring the seabed where the wind turbines of Med Wind, the 2.8 GW floating offshore wind farm project offshore Italy…

SBM Offshore and Technip Energies Launch Floating Wind Joint Venture

Jul 05, 2024

SBM Offshore and Technip Energies have formally launched Ekwil, a 50-50 joint venture dedicated to floating offshore wind.Ekwil is a pure player delivery partner offering a diversified range of ‘series production’ floating offshore wind solutions…

Technip Energies and Partners to Develop Reusable Floating Wind Anchors

Jul 04, 2024

Technip Energies, in partnership with Université Gustave Eiffel, Valeco, and OPEN-C Foundation, has launched the PAREF project, an R&D program aimed at accelerating industrial-scale development of floating wind.The project, funded by the French State as part of France 2030 operated by ADEME…

Inpex Joins Japan’s Floating Wind Research Association

Jul 03, 2024

Inpex Corporation has joined Japan’s Floating Offshore Wind Technology Research Association (FLOWRA).FLOWRA was established to promote the commercialization of floating offshore wind power generation on a large-scale over a wide area.By jointly…

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