Another reason to build floating platforms for windmills is what some call the NIMBY problem. Not in my back yard, that is. Even people who favour green energy sources often don't ...

A new offshore wind farm system that promises faster, cheaper installation and operations will be tested in the Mediterranean. Called the NextFloat+ Project, it received a €13.4-million ...

RWE and SolarDuck have built a 0.5 MWp offshore floating solar pilot project in the North Sea, 12 km off the Dutch coast. The installation features six interconnected platforms capable of withstanding ...

South Korean shipbuilding company Samsung Heavy Industries announced it has signed a memorandum of understanding with USA-based engineering firm Sargent & Lundy for the development of a standardised ...

A large floating wind turbine is installed in France, October 2023. Obatala-photography Yes, you read that right – float. You may have seen a wind turbine in the sea before, but chances are you were ...

Picture a structure taller than the Eiffel Tower, floating freely in open ocean 43 miles from the nearest coastline. No seabed anchor holds it upright in the way you’d expect. It rides the swell, ...

Fields turned over to solar farms are becoming a more common sight as we look towards a zero-carbon future. But like wind turbines, massive PV installations may soon be heading offshore. China is ...

A floating wind turbine platform developed by Mingyang Group is now sited at a Chinese offshore wind farm. OceanX, at present the world’s largest single capacity technology of its type, is supporting ...

The 16-megawatt turbine at the Lufeng oilfield cluster has secured environmental approval, marking a major step in floating wind development Chinese offshore operator CNOOC Ltd is pushing the ...

China has launched the world's first 16-MW floating wind turbine designed to power offshore oil production, supplying clean ...