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X1 Wind's downwind self-aligning floating offshore wind system aims to reduce weight and costs

Spain-based X1 Wind completes foundations for 225kW PivotBuoy floating wind prototype off Gran Canar...

Falck Renewables and BlueFloat Energy plan 675MW floating offshore wind farm off southern Italy

The developers’ joint venture Minervia Energia now has a 3GW-plus pipeline of Italian floating offsh...

Spain focuses on floating wind in 3GW offshore plan

Spain plans to spend €200 million on floating offshore wind research, prototypes and pilots by the e...

Siemens Gamesa produces first power from 14MW offshore wind turbine

European manufacturer’s SG 14-222 DD is one of the world's two operational 14MW offshore wind turbin...

Nacelle test bench for 18MW offshore wind turbines launched

Denmark’s Lorc will be used to simulate harsh offshore conditions to test and validate 16-18MW turbi...

Siemens Gamesa eyes using pipes to ship green hydrogen from offshore wind turbines

Turbine manufacturer teams with thermoplastic composite pipe manufacturer on green hydrogen solution...

Tower factory deal cements UK's Port of Nigg as strategic offshore wind hub

Global Energy Group and Haizea Wind Group will build £110-120m facility in Scotland to produce 135 t...

TetraSpar floating offshore wind demonstrator starts test phase off Norwegian coast

Commissioning of the world’s first fully industrialised floating offshore foundation paves way for c...

Floating offshore wind power makes headway in South Korea

Shell-led joint venture secures licence for first stage of 1.3GW floating wind project, while city s...

Plans for full-scale floating wind-wave hybrid pilot off Spain

Danish engineering firm secures test centre berth to install 'world’s first multi-megawatt floating ...

How the wind industry can reach 100% recyclable blades

Wind power firms need to work together and with other sectors to make turbine blades recyclable, acc...

Fred Olsen creates standalone division to develop floating offshore wind solutions

Fred Olsen 1848 established to develop range of technological solutions to make floating offshore wi...

Vestas boosts EnVentus onshore wind platform to 7.2MW

Danish manufacturer improves powertrain and power conversion systems for higher turbine power rating...

LM Wind Power targets 'zero-waste' wind turbine blades by 2030

Local partnerships, optimised manufacturing processes and use of materials key to target, blade make...

Shell to partner Simply Blue Group on 1.35GW Irish floating offshore wind farm

A two-phase floating development of up to 1.35GW is planned, in the Atlantic Ocean off County Clare...

UK wind blade recycling plant pilot secures £2 million funding

Government grant to provide bulk of funding for £2 million (€2.4 million) project to recover blades’...

Vestas unveils new modularised nacelle concept for onshore and offshore wind turbines

Turbine manufacturer believes its new modularised nacelles will help to ease transportation difficul...

Equinor eyes 3GW floating offshore wind off South Korea

Partnership with Korean company underpins large-scale development plans using dedicated 'wind semi' ...

Chinese engineering firm Sinoma plans wind blade factory in Brazil

Engineering firm Sinoma in talks with Bahia state governor about its first blade factory outside its...

Chinese manufacturer Dongfang unveils new 13MW offshore wind turbine

Chinese OEM announces new offshore turbine with 211-metre rotor diameter at wind power conference in...