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Floating wind farms survive Category 5 storms

Floating wind farms are proving to be a remarkable force in renewable energy generation. Specifically, their resilience in withstanding Category 5 storms is gaining attention. This resilience is ...
New Atlas

Giant twin-rotor floating wind turbine can harness a hurricane

Mingyang Smart Energy, maker of the world's largest wind turbines, has just unveiled its latest gigantic floating offshore wind turbine creation. The OceanX is a two-headed, deep-water behemoth ...
Nature

Floating Offshore Wind Turbines Dynamics and Performance

The expanding field of floating offshore wind turbines (FOWTs) has seen dynamic advancements in design and performance evaluation, driven by the necessity to harness wind resources in deeper waters ...
Wired

The Race to Build Wind Farms That Float on the Open Sea

The makers of wind turbines have, for many decades now, labored to harness one of the mightiest forces in nature. They’ve moved from onshore to offshore sites, building ever larger rotors with huge ...
PBS

Floating wind farms offshore could boost California’s power supply – here’s how they work

Northern California has some of the strongest offshore winds in the U.S., with immense potential to produce clean energy. But it has a problem. Its continental shelf drops off quickly, making building ...
Electrek

World’s first semi-submersible floating offshore wind farm still smashing its own power records

Portugal’s WindFloat Atlantic – the world’s first semi-submersible floating offshore wind farm – is now four years old and still breaking its own power output records. The 25 megawatt (MW) WindFloat ...
The Conversation

How we stop floating wind turbines the size of skyscrapers from drifting away

Benjamin Cerfontaine received funding from the European Union (Grant agreement ID: 753156) and the Supergen ORE Hub (SEAMLESS project). Growing demand for cleaner energy sources means offshore wind ...