A laser-equipped research platform has, for the first time, photographed airflow just millimeters above ocean waves, ...

In US waters alone, 58 percent of offshore wind capacity—some 4,200 TWh per year—is beyond the reach of fixed-foundation wind turbines, which are commercially limited to depths of less than 60 m.

Using a specially developed laser measurement system aboard the research platform FLIP (Floating Instrument ... the wave ...

A German research team is testing a floating platform to generate sustainable fuels from excess wind energy in the middle of ...

Offshore wind turbine platform pivots downwind like a weathervane. A 1:3 scale prototype of X1 Wind's floating platform was installed at the PLOCAN test site in the Canary Islands in 2023.

The entire wind turbine platform has a total displacement of 15,000 tonnes, and a towing draft of 5.5 meters. The platform once operational is expected to produce 54 million kWh annually.

Gazelle Wind Power (Dublin, Ireland), the developer of a modular floating offshore wind platform, unveiled third-generation technology at WindEurope 2023 in Copenhagen, Denmark. The company’s enhanced ...

Power Climber Wind, a division of SafeWorks, LLC, has developed an access platform specifically for wind turbine blade and tower maintenance. The new model is CE-compliant and is based on the version ...

Morocco is engaged in advanced discussions with three major Emirati energy firms—Masdar, AMEA Power, and TAQA—over a ...

The University of Maine is contributing to the global effort to improve floating machines to harness wind over deeper offshore waters. Researchers envision turbine platforms floating in the ocean ...