Dramatic Innovation-Driven Ramp Up of Floating Offshore Wind Anticipated by 2030

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Mon, 02 May 2022 04:17:00 +0000

A drumbeat of floating offshore wind–related developments this year suggests the pipeline for the long-nascent wind technology sub-sector may be finally beginning to grow. While floating wind’s current

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First Floating Offshore Wind Farm to Power Oil and Gas Platforms Kicks Off

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2019 14:52:16 +0000

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Siemens Gamesa has bagged a lucrative contract to supply 11 8-MW offshore wind turbines to Equinor’s 88-MW Hywind Tampen floating wind farm, a first-of-its-kind project that will power oil and gas platforms 140 kilometers offshore Norway.  Equinor—as Statoil, Norway’s state-owned oil company, is now named—announced a final investment decision to build Hywind Tampen on Oct. […]

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Floating Offshore Wind Farms Exploit a Great Energy Resource

Wind farms are not all created equal. During the previous 12 months ending February 2018, the average capacity factor for U.S. wind turbines—virtually all of which were located on land—was 36.9%. Danish

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