China has built a new type of wind turbine that floats in the air. The high-altitude, airship-like machine has just passed ...

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aikido Technologies, a floating wind startup whose technology lowers costs, reduces fabrication timelines and brings serial production to the floating wind sector, ...

"Through the long-term operation of the wind farm, [Goto Floating Wind Farm] aims to promote renewable energy and help improve the quality of life for local communities," Toda wrote in a press release ...

The earliest offshore wind projects were developed in the early 1990s off the coast of Denmark. These initial installations ...

If voters decide in November to keep the cap-and-invest program, the state has plans that could bring the technology to its ...

The world’s most powerful direct-drive floating offshore wind turbine, rated at 17 MW and co-developed by Dongfang Electric Corporation and China Huaneng, has been rolled out in China. With the ...

A consortium based in South West England, led by Morek Engineering, has unveiled its design concept for a new vessel class for the floating offshore wind (FLOW) market, having completed the first ...

The UK government has just announced the results of its biggest-ever auction for new offshore wind projects. By doubling the budget at the eleventh hour, it managed to award contracts for a massive 8.

Offshore wind turbines, particularly floating offshore wind turbines (FOWTs), operate in highly dynamic and often severe marine environments where extreme loads induced by wind, waves and currents can ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Two new offshore wind farms will be built off the Welsh coast (Pictured: turbines at Gwynt y Mor wind farm, off the coast of north ...

The UK’s recent AR7 offshore wind auction hit a record 8.4 GW, driving progress on the country's Clean Power 2030 plan and a ...

As wind blows it generates kinetic energy, which is energy from movement. This turns the blades on a turbine, which then causes a shaft (drive shaft) within the system to rotate (view diagram below).