Norway goes big with its first offshore wind tenders
Norway has opened its first tenders to build two big offshore wind farms – and one could become the world’s first large-scale floating project.
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Siemens Gamesa’s largest offshore turbine will power the world’s second-largest offshore wind farm
Siemens Gamesa is going to supply its largest, most powerful offshore wind turbine to date to the UK’s East Anglia 3 – the world’s second-largest wind farm.
Expand Expanding CloseA Chinese wind turbine maker just debuted Asia’s first recyclable blade
MingYang Smart Energy has launched a huge turbine blade made of over 95% recyclable materials – the first of its kind in Asia.
Expand Expanding CloseSiemens Gamesa spins up its most powerful offshore wind turbine
Siemens Gamesa’s SG 14-236 DD offshore wind turbine prototype – the company’s largest and most powerful wind turbine to date – has delivered its first power to the grid.
Expand Expanding CloseThe world saw a record 9.6% growth in renewables in 2022
By the end of 2022, global renewable generation capacity amounted to 3,372 gigawatts (GW), growing the stock of renewable power by 295 GW or 9.6%, according to the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).
Expand Expanding CloseCat 5 hurricane-proof wind turbines are coming to the Gulf of Mexico
Wind turbine rotor firm Gulf Wind Technology and Shell New Energies US will together develop hurricane-proof wind turbines unique to the Gulf of Mexico.
Expand Expanding CloseGE is developing a massive 18 MW offshore wind turbine
GE Vernova is developing a 17-18 megawatt (MW) Haliade-X offshore wind turbine, CEO Scott Strazik confirmed during the company’s investor conference late last week.
Expand Expanding CloseWind, solar, batteries make up 82% of 2023 utility-scale US pipeline
Wind, solar, and batteries make up 82% of 2023’s expected new utility-scale power capacity in the US, according to the US Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) “Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory.”
Expand Expanding CloseA new study about seabirds and offshore wind turbines may surprise you
Swedish power giant Vattenfall did a two-year, €3 million study of seabirds at an offshore wind farm off Scotland – here’s what it found.
Expand Expanding CloseMeet the world’s first artificial energy island
Princess Elisabeth Island, a pioneering electricity grid at sea, connects offshore wind farms to the mainland, and it also creates connections with neighboring countries.
Expand Expanding CloseHere’s why the US race to deploy floating offshore wind is vital
The US has a goal of deploying 30 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind energy capacity by 2030 – and that can’t happen without floating offshore wind farms.
Expand Expanding CloseMove over, oil – offshore wind is headed to the Gulf of Mexico
The US Department of the Interior has proposed the first-ever offshore wind lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico.
Expand Expanding CloseHere comes the world’s first offshore wind seaweed farm
E-commerce giant Amazon is funding the world’s first commercial-scale offshore wind seaweed farm that will sit between turbines – and this project has the potential to achieve a lot of great things.
Expand Expanding CloseAn offshore wind farm and a carbon capture project are at a stalemate
Ørsted’s huge Hornsea 4 offshore wind project and a BP-led carbon capture project are at loggerheads because the two projects’ footprints are overlapping in the North Sea.
Expand Expanding CloseNew York State is getting a big offshore wind factory
Wind turbine giant Siemens Gamesa announced today that it’s going to build a large offshore wind nacelle factory in New York State – giving the fledgling yet mushrooming US offshore wind industry yet another boost.
Expand Expanding CloseThis giant floating multi-turbine offshore wind pilot just got more money
Wind turbines usually consist of one turbine with a set of blades, but Norway’s Wind Catching Systems thinks its floating multi-turbine offshore wind technology will make clean energy more efficiently.
Expand Expanding CloseA Danish wind turbine giant just discovered how to recycle all blades
Wind turbine maker Vestas today announced that it’s figured out how to recycle all wind turbine blades – even ones already sitting in landfills.
Expand Expanding CloseConstruction kicks off on world’s first wind farm with 16 MW turbines
Construction of the world’s first offshore wind farm featuring 16 megawatt (MW) wind turbines has started in China.
Expand Expanding CloseWind and solar overtook fossil gas in Europe for the first time
Wind and solar generated a record one-fifth (22%) of electricity in the European Union in 2022 – overtaking fossil gas (20%) for the first time, according to a new study published today.
Expand Expanding CloseWorld’s first semi-submersible floating offshore wind farm blows past expectations
WindFloat Atlantic – the world’s first semi-submersible floating offshore wind farm – has been online for two years, and it’s far exceeding power output expectations.
Expand Expanding CloseNorway just greenlit this vertical-axis floating wind turbine
Swedish wind turbine maker SeaTwirl got the go-ahead to test its 1 megawatt (MW) S2X vertical-axis floating offshore prototype in Norway.
Expand Expanding CloseNew York City will replace its largest fossil fuel plant with wind power, in a US first
New York City’s largest fossil-fuel plant, which powers 20% of the city, will be replaced with offshore wind power.
Expand Expanding CloseWatch the installation of the world’s most powerful wind turbine
Danish wind turbine maker Vestas has released a video that shows how it built the world’s most powerful wind turbine prototype.
Expand Expanding CloseNucor debuts ‘world’s most sustainable steel’ for US offshore wind industry
Nucor, the largest steel producer in the US and the biggest scrap recycler in North America, has announced that it will manufacture sustainable steel plate especially for the US offshore wind industry.
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