The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) has announced a proposed offshore wind lease sale for three areas in the Gulf of Mexico, off the shores of Texas and Louisiana. The Interior Department will open over ...
Equinor’s Hywind Scotland, the first floating wind farm in the world, started delivering electricity to the Scottish grid in 2017.
But how do these massive structures float on water?
How do they contend with strong currents and stay in place during storms?
Summary: The California Energy Commission (CEC) voted to pass targets involving the deployment of 3-5 gigawatts of offshore wind developments in the next five years and another 25 gigawatts by 2045. The commis...
Scotland just became home to a new offshore wind project after a decade of no activity along its shoreline. Crown Estate Scotland, the entity that manages the seabed, announced the project would have an investm...