Mooring and hydrodynamics: planning for the water. Fixed offshore wind turbines are usually installed in water depths of up to 60m, but floating offshore wind turbines can be located much further ...

These mooring lines hold the turbine in place against the wind and keep it connected to the cable that sends its electricity back to shore. Most of the stability is provided by the floating ...

The Department of Energy says floating wind power could generate as much as 2.8 terawatts of energy in the U.S.—more than double ... the platform is attached to the seafloor using mooring lines.

A floating wind turbine prototype has generated its first 1kWh of power off the coast of Spain’s Canary Islands, marking a major milestone in its makers’ goals to begin manufacturing their ...

Floating turbines are the only way some countries and U.S. states can capture offshore wind energy on a large scale. In the U.S. alone, 2.8 terawatts of wind energy potential blows over ocean ...

Mingyang Smart Energy, maker of the world's largest wind turbines, has just unveiled its latest gigantic floating offshore wind turbine creation. The OceanX is a two-headed, deep-water behemoth ...

NEW BEDFORD — The sight of a small-scale floating wind turbine visible from West Rodney French Boulevard in Clark's Cove offers a glimpse into the future of wind technology.

At Hywind Tampen floating wind farm – the deepest of the four existing ones in Europe – the turbines are located approximately 140km offshore in water as deep as 300m. Mooring lines are ...

In this Sept. 20, 2013, photo, a lobster boat passes the country's first floating wind turbine off the coast of Castine, Maine. The University of Maine's 9,000-pound prototype has been generating ...

Mooring protects floating wind turbines from choppy seas, but it will also be the answer to efficient energy generation. Mooring protects floating wind turbines from choppy seas, ...