Floating installed capacity is forecast to reach 63 GW by 2035, which translates to the installation of close to 4,000 floating turbines, over 16,000 anchors and close to 17,000 mooring lines.

With around 100 floating wind design concepts at varied levels of technical maturity, multiple anchor types to accommodate and three principle mooring line materials (chain, wire, and synthetic ...

While the floating offshore wind sector is in its infancy, innovation is pushing at the doors of opportunity. The Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) reported in August 2023 that the global floating ...

Developing multiline anchor system for floating offshore wind turbines March 10th, 2016 Patrick J. Callahan Researchers from UMass Amherst and others will evaluate the feasibility and design ...

The company showcased the concept to selected industry experts at a Society of Maritime Industries event in London.

The Hywind Scotland project became the first commercial-scale offshore floating wind farm in 2017, with five 6-megawatt turbines supported by spar buoys designed by the Norwegian energy company ...

Last September, DOE said it wants to cut the cost of floating offshore wind power by 70 percent by 2035 — a goal known as its Floating Offshore Wind Shot (E&E News PM, Sept. 15, 2022).

The world’s first floating offshore wind farm, Hywind Scotland, has been in operation since 2017. On its fifth birthday, its operators shared how it’s going and what they’ve learned.

Exciting times for offshore wind energy!  JDR has successfully completed type tests for 132kV cables, setting the stage for ...

Among potential users is the Floating Energy Allyance, which last year secured development rights for the potential 960-MW Buchan Offshore Wind project, about 47 miles off Scotland's northeast coast.

PAREF PAREF Technip Energies (PARIS:TE) in partnership with Université Gustave Eiffel, Valeco, and OPEN-C Foundation, will be leading the PAREF project, an R&D program aimed at accelerating ...

The proposed floating structure was described in the study “ Conceptual design and model test of a pontoon-truss type offshore floating photovoltaic system with soft connection,” which was ...