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Floating Offshore Wind Buoyant on New Developments, Projects

December 2, 2019 admin Business, DOE, equinor, floatfen, floating offshore wind, hywind tampen, International, irean, Markets, news, Renewables, Research and Development, semi-submersible foundations, siemens gamesa, spar technology, Technology, tension-leg, tetraspar, Wind, windfloat, windplus

Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2019 05:00:00 +0000

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Floating offshore wind made a remarkable splash this fall. As two much-watched projects sailed toward construction, optimism about the industry’s accelerated growth was buoyed by projections from the

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World’s Largest Floating Wind Turbine Launching Soon In Portugal

November 17, 2019 admin abs, clean power, edp renovaveis, engie, Europe, floating wind farms, floating wind turbines, green economy, green jobs, mhi vestas, mhi vestas offshore wind, offshore wind energy, offshore wind farms, onshore wind farms, Portugal, principle power, Repsol, wind energy, wind turbines, windfloat atlantic, windplus

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2019 02:25:10 +0000

20 kilometers off the coast of Viana do Castello, Portugal, is about to be the new home to the largest floating wind turbine in the world, an 8.4-megawatt (MW) ABS-classed offshore wind turbine. This is continental Europe’s first large-scale floating wind farm. A belief is that this renewable installation is ushering in the Golden Era of wind, especially offshore wind

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First Turbine For WindFloat Atlantic Offshore Wind Project Moved Into Position

October 23, 2019 admin clean power, edp renewables, engie, mhi vestas, offshore wind energy, offshore wind farms, Portugal, portugal offshore wind, portugal wind, principle power, Repsol, wind energy, wind turbines, windfloat atlantic, windplus

Credit to Author: Joshua S Hill| Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2019 17:17:42 +0000

The largest and most powerful wind turbine to be used for a floating offshore wind project has been moved into position atop its semi-submersible foundation off the coast of Portugal, the first of three 8.4 megawatt (MW) turbines which will make up the 25 MW WindFloat Atlantic offshore wind project.