New Offshore Wind Farms Progressing Quickly.
Because offshore wind farms are often built in deep waters, developers must consider a number of foundational techniques. Image used courtesy of theU.S. Department of Energy Traditional wind farms can reside over 18 miles outward, thus making maintenance more challenging. Floating wind turbines are...
Lord Mayor Nuatali Nelmes said a renewable energy industry built on large-scale offshore wind farms would offer a sustainable new future for Newcastle, which was once home to Australia’s first large scale, land-based single wind turbine at Kooragang Island. "City of Newcastle has a long his...
“The decision to specify the Volvo Penta quad IPS for these four newbuilds was based in part on NOS’ operational experience with IPS-powered CTVs servicing wind farms in Europe,” said James Clouse, CEO of AOS. “Proven reliability is an important concern for th...
The Dutch government on Tuesday said it will allow five new offshore wind turbine farms capable of producing 7 gigawatts (GW) of electricity in the 2024 to 2030 period. The Netherlands is lagging other European countries in renewable energy investments and has launched a programme to speed up ...
N.J. Gov. Phil Murphy, who made offshore wind a cornerstone of his ambitious goals for renewable energy, on Monday cited offshore wind "as a once-in-a-generation opportunity to create tens of thousands of jobs, drive an entirely new manufacturing supply chain, and secure energy independence...
“The industry trend is to use larger offshore turbines to reduce cost and environmental and visual impacts,” explained Ørsted spokesperson Gabriel Martinez. That Danish company is developing a number ofwind farms off the U.S. East Coast, including Ocean Wind’s New Jersey offshore wind farm...
"Simply put, offshore wind farms are moving to deeper waters. The monopile foundations for deeper water large turbine projects are outside the capacities of most of the current installation fleet," Lewis said. Thus far, per Lewis, foundation installation requirements have been largely...
Oceanex Energy is an Australian company led by experienced Australian founders and international partners, progressing the development and construction of up to 5 offshore wind farms off the coast of Australia, which will provide a new source of large-sc
The Neptunus facility, about 50km off Sweden’s southeast coast, will also output about eight terawatt hours of clean electricity to the Swedish grid — enough to meet roughly 5% of the country’s current power needs. OX2 — which has39 onshore wind farms in operation, and had an offsho...