The Department of Energy has calculated that floating wind power could generate as much as 2.8 terawatts of energy in the U.S., more than double the country’s electricity consumption.

Last year, Three Gorges Energy installed a MingYang Smart Energy MySE 16-260 – the largest offshore wind turbine in the world – onto a 500-ft (152-m) tower into its wind farm.

Floating turbines are the only viable option for US states to capture large-scale offshore wind energy in deep waters Associated Press Published May 14, 2024 10:24am EDT ...

We haven't seen a floating offshore wind turbine like this before. Touchwind claims its innovative single-blade turbines will solve several problems to drive down cost and downtime, using a single ...

China has unveiled the world’s most powerful direct-drive floating wind turbine, marking a major leap in renewable energy innovation. The 17-megawatt unit was developed by state-owned enterprises ...

The prospect of offshore floating wind turbines was at the center of a series of studies at the Offshore Technology Conference that examined the future of the new technology. The primary concern ...

The world’s most powerful direct-drive floating offshore wind turbine, rated at 17 MW and co-developed by Dongfang Electric ...

Mads Nipper, chief executive of Danish wind developer Orsted, says it may be possible to develop floating wind projects in waters 1,000 meters deep — about 3,280 feet, or more than half a mile down.

Mingyang Smart Energy's huge 16.6 megawatt (MW) OceanX, with its double-turbine, "V"-shaped floating wind platform, has begun operations.

In this Friday, Sept. 20, 2013 photo, the University of Maine's 9,000-pound prototype wind turbine generates power off the coast of Castine, Maine. It was the country's first floating wind turbine ...

A group of industry specialists has accomplished a world first in the wind industry by performing a Major Component Exchange (MCE) on an offshore floating wind turbine at the Kincardine Offshore ...

For the first time, floating offshore wind has been brought online as a new renewable generation technology in Spain. The country’s first floating offshore wind turbine is now connected to the ...