New York awards Equinor largest-ever U.S. offshore wind contract

The state will contract with Equinor Wind US LLC for the development of two new offshore wind farms more than 20 miles off the shore of Long Island, N.Y., in what is

VIDEO: Vertical-axis floating wind turbine gets funding boost

DECEMBER 14, 2018 — SeaTwirl, a Swedish company developing an innovative vertical axis wind turbine, had two items of good news on the funding front to report this week. On Wednesday, the

GE to develop world’s largest offshore wind turbine

MARCH 1, 2018 — GE Renewable Energy (NYSE:GE) today unveiled its plan to develop the largest, most powerful offshore wind turbine yet: the Haliade-X. Featuring a 12 MW direct drive generator and

ABS review advances UMaine floating offshore wind concept

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017 — ABS, has completed the design review of the Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) documentation for the VolturnUS floating offshore wind turbine concept developed by the University of

DONG Energy to build world’s largest offshore wind farm

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017— Within days of completing the dismantling of the world’s first offshore wind farm, Denmark’s DONG Energy has been awarded a contract to build what will be the world’s largest:

France’s first wind farm to feature floating wind turbines

JULY 27, 2017—While the United Kingdom, Germany, Denmark and others in Europe have embraced offshore wind energy, France has not yet installed any turbines offshore. That will change this year, however, with

First Jones Act wind turbine installation vessel in the works

JUNE 29, 2017—Plans for the construction of the first Jones Act-compliant offshore wind turbine installation vessel were unveiled recently by marine engineering firm Zentech Inc. and energy development project specialist Renewables Resources

Bourbon to moor France’s first floating offshore wind turbine

APRIL 28, 2017 — Paris-headquartered offshore services giant Bourbon has been awarded a contract for the mooring installation of FLOATGEN, the first floating wind turbine in France. Designed by Ideol, it is

New jack-up design targets next gen wind turbines

FEBRUARY 7, 2017— Ulstein and Rotterdam headquartered offshore consultancy SeaOwls have launched a pioneering heavy-lift jack-up vessel design called SOUL aimed at installing the next generation 10-12 MW offshore wind turbines in

NY Governor Cuomo unveils massive offshore wind plan

JANUARY 11, 2017 — New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo yesterday called on the Long Island Power Authority to approve a 90 megawatt offshore wind project 30 miles southeast of Montauk. The

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