A consortium based in South West England, led by Morek Engineering, has unveiled its design concept for a new vessel class for the floating offshore wind (FLOW) market, having completed the first ...

A new 20 MW wind turbine designed for floating applications was recently successfully hoisted in China, setting the stage for its testing phase. The state-owned company CRRC has declared this new unit ...

The University of Maine is contributing to the global effort to improve floating machines to harness wind over deeper offshore waters. Researchers envision turbine platforms floating in the ocean ...

Wind turbines face significant challenges due to their size, with some designs covering an area equivalent to about 10 American football fields. This substantial size benefits offshore wind turbines ...

Floating wind farms offer a solution to harness stronger winds in deeper waters where traditional fixed turbines are not feasible. This technology presents environmental advantages, including less ...

NOV is upgrading the cranes on Cadeler’s existing O-class WTIVs. Image courtesy of Cadeler. HLP is developing a crane that will enable tower pieces to be stacked in multiple layers on installation ...

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The anchor system is loaded onto the anchor installation vessel for deployment at the Hollandse Kust Noord offshore wind farm site. Image: Oceans of Energy Installation of the anchoring system for ...

The TMT126BA floating wind turbine blades independently developed by Times New Materials, a subsidiary of the Chinese state-owned rolling stock manufacturer CRRC, were hoisted at the Shandong Dongying ...

China’s Offshore Oil Engineering Company (COOEC) has started building what it claims to be the world’s first deepwater tension-leg platform for a floating wind project, to be operated by CNOOC Ltd in ...

China claims to have launched the biggest and most powerful floating offshore wind turbine. The Chinese turbine, which is independently developed and made in China, has a rotor diameter of 260 meters.