The world’s first floating offshore wind farm, Hywind Scotland, has been in operation since 2017. On its fifth birthday, its operators shared how it’s going and what they’ve learned.

Global floating wind ... to a requirement to pre-lay more than 6,000 mooring spreads within the forecast period and the hook-up of around 5,400 turbines. The available market for vessel ...

1 GW FLOATING WIND FARM QUANTITIES. Turbines: Number: ~67 . Note: Nacelle, hub, blades and rotor ~1,500-2,000 tonnes. Land-based cranes needed to lift components, required hook heights of ~180 meters.

On December 7, 2022, the federal government auctioned off five lease areas about 20 miles off the California coast to companies with plans to develop floating wind farms.

“Floating wind turbines are just larger than any other vessel that exists today, in every dimension,” Kanner says.

She stressed that not all vessels would qualify for use for future floating wind farms due, in particular, to age requirements. “The older vessels are particularly fuel inefficient and pose ...

NOV Inc. NOV has introduced an innovative Floating Wind Installation Vessel (FWIV) concept, which is designed to meet the unique challenges of the rapidly growing floating offshore wind sector.

In this Sept. 20, 2013, photo, a lobster boat passes the country's first floating wind turbine off the coast of Castine, Maine. The University of Maine's 9,000-pound prototype has been generating ...

PORTLAND, Ore. -- Today marks the first-ever U.S. auction of leases to develop commercial-scale floating wind farms, in the deep waters off the West Coast.

Milan - Offshore wind farms bring environmental benefits throughout their life cycle. This emerges from a study published in the international journal Sustainable Production and Consumption in ...

The world’s fledgling offshore floating wind industry may see growth stunted by a lack of wind installation and offshore support vessels to support the thousands of turbines due to be installed ...