After the nuclear catastrophe in Fukushima, the Japanese government opted for floating wind turbines in the affected region. The project now has to endure a severe setback.

Floating Offshore Wind

The waters around Japan are dropping steeply just off the coast. As a result, unlike the UK, the country has hardly been able to benefit from its island position in the offshore wind energy sector. For conventional turbines, the seabed is simply too deep, so the only possibility is floating turbines.

This technology has taken an enormous step forward in recent years. Off the coast of Scotland, the world's first floating wind farm, Hywind by Equinor (formerly ...

Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have found out that climate change poses a significant threat to the production of wind energy

The mean wind power production of the entire European continent will ...

Bloomberg NEF data shows wind and solar installation world-wide have reached 1000 GW

New output from the BNEF database shows that there were 1,013GW of wind and solar PV generating capacity installed worldwide as of June ...

Senvion signs four-year service contract for 122 MW Princess Alexia wind farm in the Netherlands

Senvion has signed a four year renewal contract to service Vattenfall’s 122 MW Princess Alexia Wind Farm ...

First six months closed with a positive EBIT and forecast confirmed

The internationally operating project developer PNE is well on target at the end of the first half year of 2018, both in operational and in ...

Wind energy is now moving beyond the power sector, and we’re beginning to think how wind can help decarbonise heating, transport and industrial processes.

Wind energy continues to expand all over the world. ...

GE wants to test rotor hubs for GE blades

GE Renewable Energy Business, LM Wind Power announced today the planned acquisition of the WMC test facilities in Wieringerwerf, ...

Global launch of 2.3M130 turbine with a strategic order for 205 MW

Senvion has signed a conditional contract with GPG and Grupo Ibereólica Renovables for the supply of turbines with a total capacity of 204.7 MW. The Cabo ...

Mercedes Benz will buy electricity generated at the 45MW wind farm to power its manufacturing facility in Jawor, Poland.

Mercedes Benz will buy electricity generated at the 45MW wind farm to power its manufacturing facility ...

It's the first contract of this kind in Poland

Project developer VSB helps Mercedes-Benz Manufacturing Poland pave the way towards carbon-neutral manufacturing with a strategic investment: For the first time, the automaker ...

The WindEnergy Hamburg will showcase the future of wind energy production, storage and sector coupling.

This is a huge overall challenge requiring sustained wind industry R&D efforts, from advanced concept studies ...