Dutch Offshore Wind Plant To Have Floating Radars To Protect Birds Updated On Fri, May 10th, 2024 by Saurenergy The Hague-based Robin Radars will be deploying radars at offshore wind farms to protect birds and bats from related accidents. Robin will set up four flagship MAX bird detection radars to support Ecowende in its ecological wind farm off the Dutch coast. Ecowende is pressing for a sustainable future for offshore wind; one that positively […] Read more
Scotland’s TWP Progresses With Its 1 GW Offshore Floating Wind Project Updated On Wed, Feb 7th, 2024 by Saurenergy Scotland-based renewable energy company Thistle Wind Partners (TWP) has submitted the onshore scoping report for its Ayre floating offshore wind project which is among the two of its ScotWind projects. According to the press release by the company, the 1 GW Ayre Offshore Wind Plant is planned to be located at the east of Orkney […] Read more
Norwegian Firms Team up for Aluminium Wind Turbine Prototype for Floating Deep-Water Offshore Updated On Wed, Jan 11th, 2023 by Saurenergy Oslo’s Aluminium and energy major Hydro and World Wide Wind, a startup which offers solutions in floating offshore as well as offshore and onshore projects, have united forces to construct an offshore floating wind turbine made from aluminium. Hydro is among the largest aluminium firms in the world. The two Norwegian firms have signed a […] Read more
China is Home to World’s First Offshore Floating Wind-Solar Pilot Updated On Thu, Nov 3rd, 2022 by Saurenergy The world’s first commercial offshore floating solar that has been combined with an offshore wind turbine is now online in China. The project has been initiated by State Power Investment Corporation (SPIC), a utility that is owned by the Government of China. SPIC is among the five major utility firms in China and it is […] Read more
Offshore Wind Majors Launch Joint Industry Project For Floating Wind Installs Updated On Fri, Jun 3rd, 2022 by Saurenergy Aimed at improving technology development for floating offshore wind substations, a new Joint Industry Project (JIP) has been launched by DNV and 30 industry partners with a particular focus on how export cables and topside equipment tolerate movements of a floating substructure. According to DNV, the objective is to align the best-practices of the industry […] Read more
US Plans First-ever Offshore Floating Wind Farms Off California Coasts Updated On Wed, May 26th, 2021 by Saurenergy The US government along with the state government of California revealed their plans of installing first-ever floating offshore find warms over the coastal regions of California at Morro Bay and Humboldt Bay. The agreement includes numerous wind turbines at Morro and Humbolt Bay expected to generate energy enough to power around 1.6 million homes in […] Read more
Floating Offshore the Next Frontier in Wind Development in APAC: WoodMac Updated On Fri, Feb 26th, 2021 by Saurenergy Floating offshore could be the next frontier in wind power development in the Asia Pacific (APAC), according to Wood Mackenzie. The analysis finds that a significant market for floating offshore technology is emerging in Asia. With developers in Japan, South Korea and Taiwan having announced plans to develop key demonstration projects, although the scale of […] Read more
Blyth Offshore Wind Farm Phase Two Expansion Underway Using Floating Turbines Updated On Sat, Jan 30th, 2021 by Saurenergy EDF Renewables plans to build phase two of the Blyth Offshore Demonstrator (BOD) wind farm off the coast of Northumberland using floating offshore wind technology. Once completed it would be among the first projects of this kind in English waters. The first phase of the wind farm consists of 5 wind turbines and was constructed […] Read more
Mingyang’s Large Wind Turbine Blades Detached Updated On Fri, Dec 13th, 2024 by Saurenergy The deployment of large wind turbines now has come under the lens. In the latest development, two blades of Mingyang’s large wind turbines are now reported to have broken off. This comes at a time when the wind turbine manufacturer, touted as the world’s largest wind turbine maker is boasting about its large offshore wind […] Read more
