Latest calculations from WindEurope point to 350MW of
floating wind capacity being switched on in Europe by 2021 via 10 projects off the UK, France, Portugal and Norway.
Heightened interest in floating wind has manifested in several ambitious projections outlined by industry players, with Statoil predicting up to 12GW of installed
floating wind capacity by 2030.
Not exact matches
In a deal between the Scottish government and Norwegian oil company Statoil, five
wind turbines with a
capacity of six megawatts each will be set on
floating structures some 15 miles (25 km) off the northeast coast of Scotland near Peterhead.
It was the first large -
capacity floating wind turbine to be put in use.
In what is claimed to be the first
floating wind farm in the world, five
wind turbines with a
capacity of six megawatts each will be set on
floating structures and located some 15 miles (25 km) off the northeast coast of Scotland.
As such, the
Floating Wind Joint Industry Project focuses on unique challenges for large - scale floating wind farms, based on requirements for projects in the hundreds of megawatts to gigawatt capacity, deploying larger next - generation turbines and a range of technology inno
Floating Wind Joint Industry Project focuses on unique challenges for large - scale floating wind farms, based on requirements for projects in the hundreds of megawatts to gigawatt capacity, deploying larger next - generation turbines and a range of technology innovati
Wind Joint Industry Project focuses on unique challenges for large - scale
floating wind farms, based on requirements for projects in the hundreds of megawatts to gigawatt capacity, deploying larger next - generation turbines and a range of technology inno
floating wind farms, based on requirements for projects in the hundreds of megawatts to gigawatt capacity, deploying larger next - generation turbines and a range of technology innovati
wind farms, based on requirements for projects in the hundreds of megawatts to gigawatt
capacity, deploying larger next - generation turbines and a range of technology innovations.
Japan, with just 25 megawatts of offshore
wind power
capacity, is developing a pilot 16 - megawatt
floating wind farm project off the coast of Fukushima.
WORLDWIDE: Recent reports of Statoil's Hywind Scotland project, the world's first commercial
floating wind farm, achieving 65 %
capacity factors over the winter have provided another boost to the spirits of the
floating -
wind community.
Given appropriate support and R&D, The Carbon Trust has estimated that
floating turbines could provide 8 to 16GW of offshore
wind capacity in the UK alone by 2050.