All Floating Wind articles
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NewsFrench partners combine in floating foundation factory hubs
Floating offshore wind specialist BW Ideol has partnered France’s fourth largest construction group, NGE, to build an industrial-scale floating foundation manufacturing facility in southern France.
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NewsSpanish approval clears path for floating wind demonstrator
Spain has cleared a major regulatory hurdle for the deployment of a floating offshore wind demonstrator.
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NewsFrance launches one of Europe’s largest offshore wind tenders
France has launched one of Europe’s largest offshore wind procurement rounds, opening the door to a decade of work for vessel operators, port infrastructure providers, equipment suppliers and marine contractors.
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NewsFloating wind: Costs, challenges and path to commercial scale
Speakers at a floating wind session at the recent WindEurope conference in Madrid highlighted the scale of the challenge ahead and the steps needed to bring the technology to commercial viability.
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NewsFrance makes sound investment to curb subsea noise
A European consortium is advancing new technology to reduce underwater noise from offshore wind projects as research highlights increasing risks to marine life from subsea engineering activity.
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NewsWind farm connected to power North Sea gas rig
An offshore gas rig is being hailed by its owners as the first in the North Sea to be powered by offshore wind power.
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NewsShell scraps two UK offshore wind projects
Oil giant Shell has abandoned two Scottish offshore wind projects ‘after a comprehensive review’ of its power strategy ’on leveraging Shell’s strengths in trading and retailing’.
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NewsMediterranean floating wind platforms launched
Three floating substructures have been launched for the 30MW EolMed offshore wind pilot project in France.
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NewsFrench institute agrees €8 million to research offshore wind
Risks to birds and chronic chemical emissions from offshore wind will come under the spotlight in four new projects given the green light by a French reseach institute.
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NewsNorway deadline looms for three floating wind projects
A September 15 deadline is looming for applications to bid for three offshore wind projects in Norway.
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NewsFinal floating turbine installed at French site
Three floating wind turbines have now been installed in the Gulf of Lion in the French Occitanie region, where high-wind areas that were ‘previously out of reach’ can now be tapped.
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News£111 million port expansion granted dredge licences
A major expansion at one of Scotland’s ports has passed a milestone with the granting of marine and dredging licences.
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NewsTidal, wave or floating wind? 4 emerging Spanish technologies
To date, not a single megawatt of offshore wind has contributed to Spain’s renewable energy total – and this is not surprising as the lack of continental shelf means the water is far too deep for fixed-bottom turbines. It means a host of other technologies are emerging to fill the void, and we look at four of some that were presented at World Maritime Week in Bilbao last week.
