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Exclusive: Rethinking flange connections for large-scale offshore and onshore wind

27 October 2023 | by Eize de Vries

As turbines grow ever larger, suppliers of small but essential components are working hard to help t...

On My Radar with Eize de Vries: Merging older innovations with fresh ideas could solve vessels shortage

15 June 2023 | by Eize de Vries

At London’s EWEC 2004 conference I remember Andrew Garrad, co-founder of renowned British engineerin...

Exclusive: Can OWLC's concrete gravity tripod offer an alternative for fixed bottom offshore wind?

23 November 2022 | by Eize de Vries

UK-based OWLC is hoping to challenge the dominance of monopile offshore substructures with a novel g...

Testing sea bed conditions in the Taiwan Strait

1 May 2020

After years of talk and planning, work begins in earnest at one of the world's highest-potential off...

Self-aligning floater with integrated tower follows shipbuilding principles

30 November 2018 | by Eize de Vries

A German consortium has developed, tested and validated a self-aligning, lightweight, four-legged se...

Innovative solution for offshore mooring

7 August 2018 | by Ralitsa Peycheva

WORLDWIDE: Offshore windpower is one of the fastest-growing renewable energy sectors, attracting sub...

Floating wind eager for commercial projects

1 June 2018 | by Jan Dodd

FRANCE: Encouraged by the success of Hywind Scotland, the floating offshore wind sector is aiming ...

Floating wind eager for commercial projects

29 May 2018 | by Jan Dodd

FRANCE: Encouraged by the success of Hywind Scotland, the floating offshore wind sector is aiming ...

It's hammer time

5 June 2017 | by Sara Verbruggen

NETHERLANDS: Dutch company Fistuca is about to begin testing a radical new piledriver for offshore m...

It's hammer time

4 June 2017 | by Sara Verbruggen

NETHERLANDS: Dutch company Fistuca is about to begin testing a radical new piledriver for offshore m...

The shape of things to come

31 August 2016 | by Eize de Vries

WORLDWIDE: The turbines being installed today represent a massive technological advance in size, gen...

An essential piece of the puzzle

27 August 2015 | by Eize de Vries

WORLDWIDE: Wind turbine OEMs tend to take the credit for the steady technology advances that continu...

Analysis: France aims to be expert in floating technolgy

30 July 2015 | by Jan Dodd

FRANCE: Although France is yet to install its first offshore turbine, the government has identified ...

XXL monopiles create vessel design hurdle

29 April 2014 | by Eize de Vries

WORLDWIDE: Monopile foundations are growing in size and weight to accommodate the huge turbines plan...

An in-depth approach to foundation design

31 March 2014 | by Eize de Vries

German offshore wind developments in the North and Baltic Seas are further from shore and in deeper ...

Fixed-foundation performance on a floating platform

13 September 2013 | by Eize de Vries

WORLDWIDE: The Japanese could well be closest to commercialising floating offshore wind technology, ...

Floating turbines - Japan enters the stage

12 September 2013 | by Annette Bossler

JAPAN: In recent years, discussion of floating offshore wind technology centred on Europe and the US...

Jacket required for harsh marine locations

31 August 2013 | by Jon Wren

WORLDWIDE: Developers of future UK offshore wind farms have a number of challenging issues to addres...

Floating foundations may have a buoyant future

31 August 2013 | by Shaun Campbell

WORLDWIDE: A poll conducted by renewable energy consultancy GL Garrad Hassan at the Husum 2012 Wind ...

IN DEPTH: Cost imperative drives monopiles to new depths

31 August 2013 | by Katie Daubney

WORLDWIDE: Monopile foundations, by far the most popular foundations to date for offshore turbines, ...

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