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New floating offshore wind infrastructure set to deliver first power faster

Wind Energy – Floating Wind

Encomara, a visionary newcomer to the global renewables sector, is poised for rapid growth following the launch of its ground-breaking solutions for floating offshore wind installation. 

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UK’s Crown Estate increases capacity for offshore wind licensing round

Wind Energy – Floating Wind

Britain’s Crown Estate said to Reuters on Monday it has amended plans for an offshore wind licensing round which aims to create floating wind technology off the coast of Wales and south-west England to make more capacity available to bidders.

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Principle Power expands WindFloat product portfolio

Wind Energy – Floating Wind

Principle Power, a provider of floating foundation solutions for the floating wind industry, said Tuesday it had expanded its WindFloat product portfolio to two fully industrialized products: the existing WindFloat tubular – now called WindFloat T – and the new flat panel, pontoon-based solution, known as the WindFloat F.

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Structural defects delay Japan’s first floating offshore wind farm

Wind Energy – Floating Wind Japan

Japan’s Goto Floating Wind Farm Consortium has postponed the commissioning of the Goto City Offshore Wind Power Generation Project by two years following the discovery of defects in the floating structures to be used for the project.

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New partnership for setting up greener State of Maine, USA

Wind Energy – Collaboration USA

FibreMax from the Netherlands announced a new collaboration with PelaStar, Yale Cordage and Avient Dyneema focusing on enhancing local content development and driving economic growth in the State of Maine’s floating wind sector.

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Mitsui O.S.K. invests in TouchWind and becomes shareholder

Wind Energy – Floating Wind

Japanese shipping company Mitsui O.S.K. Lines is going to invest in Dutch floating wind technology developer TouchWind and will obtain a minority share in the company.

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Global Maritime supporting Muir Mhòr’s floating OWP

Wind Energy – Floating Wind

Fred. Olsen Seawind and Vattenfall, the ScotWind-winning joint venture partners, have appointed Global Maritime to provide engineering and consultancy services in support of Muir Mhòr floating offshore wind farm.

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Development production facility in Norway for floating offshore wind

Wind Energy – Floating Wind Norway

Early this week, Implenia and WindWorks Jelsa signed an investment as well as a shareholders’ agreement to develop a state-of-the-art production and assembly facility for large concrete or steel structures for the floating offshore wind industry at Norway’s west coast.

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New partnership on second ScotWind floating offshore wind site

Wind Energy – Floating Wind

Mainstream Renewable Power and Ocean Winds have partnered to develop a second ScotWind site of 500 MW east of Shetland, expanding the overall footprint of the Arven Offshore Wind Farm to 2.3 GW.

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