"Floating Wind" News

California’s First Floating Wind Project Steps Closer to PPA

May 03, 2024

CADEMO Corporation, established by Floventis, and California Community Power (CC Power) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to facilitate the development of the 60 MW floating wind project off the California coast.The MoU is intended…

Outlook ‘Surprisingly Positive’ for US Offshore Wind

May 20, 2024

It certainly has been an active few months in the U.S. offshore wind space.Despite some ongoing issues, the fundamentals are looking surprisingly positive in the context of what has taken place over the last 12 months. In fact, the key concern…

RWE Joins Forces with Spanish Port to Create Floating Wind Hub

Mar 19, 2024

Germany's top utility RWE has signed a Letter of Support with the Port Authority of A Coruña to facilitate the scaling-up of the port capacity in support of the Spanish government’s floating wind targets.Working together under a Letter of Support…

BW Ideol Presents Standard Floating Wind Foundation for Mass Production

Apr 25, 2024

BW Ideol has unveiled its standardized foundation for floating offshore wind, ready for mass production to accommodate the needs of the growing sector.With over 22 GW already awarded in Scotland, around 8 GW in the USA, and several GW currently…

Green Volt Floating Wind Farm Secures All Planning Approvals in UK

Apr 22, 2024

Offshore wind developers Flotation Energy and Vårgrønn, a joint venture between Plenitude (Eni) and HitecVision, have secured the offshore planning approval for their 560 MW Green Volt floating offshore wind project.With onshore consent issued earlier in April…

BW Ideol and Holcim to Assess Use of Low-Carbon Concrete for Floating Wind

Apr 22, 2024

Floating offshore wind developer BW Ideol and sustainable building solutiosn provider Holcim have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for a feasibility study on supplying low-carbon concrete for the floating offshore wind industry, with particular reference to Scotland…

Portugal's New Government Committed to Developing Offshore Wind

May 27, 2024

Portugal's new government is committed to developing offshore wind energy and also sees 'repowering' onshore wind farms and promoting solar projects, including small-scale ones, as a priority, the environment minister said on Monday.Maria da…

Moreld Ocean Wind and Greek Steel Supplier Team Up for Floating Wind

Apr 16, 2024

Moreld Ocean Wind and Lykomitros Steel have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU), outlining the joint aim to win floating offshore wind projects in Europe. The MoU will see Moreld Ocean Wind, an independent technology provider specializing in floating offshore wind solutions…

Japan and US Team Up to Cut Floating Wind Costs

Apr 12, 2024

Japan has agreed to partner with the United States to help reduce the cost of floating offshore wind projects, the White House said in a statement released during Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's visit to Washington to meet with President Joe Biden…

Scottish Floating Wind Farm Goes Forward with Slight Changes

Apr 08, 2024

Scottish Ministers have approved a variation application to refine the Pentland Floating Offshore Wind Farm’s offshore consents, which will go forward with lower number of turbines, but with the same 100 MW capacity.The Pentland Floating Offshore Wind Farm is being developed by Highland Wind…

Consortium Wins Tender for France's First Floating Offshore Wind Farm

May 15, 2024

A consortium including Germany's BayWa r.e. and Belgium firm Elicio won a tender to develop and operate France's first floating offshore wind farm, the 250-megawatt (MW) Bretagne Sud farm, French industry minister Roland Lescure said on Wednesday…

Bekaert Joins Tailwind Floating Wind Moorings Innovation Project

Apr 04, 2024

Belgium-based offshore mooring systems specialist Bekaert has joined the Tailwind project, which aims to develop advanced mooring solutions for floating wind industry.The Tailwind project, launched in January 2024, will aim to deliver advanced station-keeping technologies…

Floating Wind Farm Set to Power O&G Platforms Gets Onshore Planning Approval

Apr 04, 2024

Offshore wind developers Flotation Energy and Vårgrønn, a joint venture between Eni’s Plenitude and HitecVision, have announced that their 560 MW floating offshore wind project Green Volt has been granted full onshore planning approval.The Green Volt floating wind farm…

Port of Aberdeen Makes Progress on its Strategic Floating Wind Path

Apr 02, 2024

Port of Aberdeen has stepped closer to becoming a strategic hub for floating offshore wind, with its proposed South Harbour upgrade project progressing to Stage 2 ‘priority’ status in the Scottish Offshore Wind Energy Council’s (SOWEC) strategic investment model…

UK Launches $60M Offshore Wind Supply Chain Accelerator

May 23, 2024

The Crown Estate has launched Supply Chain Accelerator to catalyze early-stage investment in U.K. offshore wind supply chain.The accelerator is a new $63.6 million (£50 million) fund created to accelerate and de-risk the early-stage development of projects linked to offshore wind…

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