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China, the undisputed global leader in wind energy, has just set another world record for the world’s tallest and highest-capacity offshore wind turbine, taller than the Eiffel Tower, The Chrysler Building, and longer than the longest US aircraft carri… Continue reading Planet’s largest wind turbine record broken again at 26-MW
Mingyang Smart Energy said last week that it’s installed “the world’s largest single-capacity offshore wind turbine” in a project in Hainan, China. The turbine delivers a power output of up to 20 MW, besting its previous 18 MW model from 2023.
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Continue reading Colossal 20-MW wind turbine is the largest on the planet (for now)
Following successful trials last year at a UK wind farm, Denmark’s Ørsted has now put heavy lift drones to work at a 94-turbine offshore wind farm in the North Sea – completing resupply missions up to 15 times faster while also reducing costs.Continue … Continue reading Heavy lift drones deliver critical cargo to offshore wind turbines
In the Belgian North Sea, maintenance vessels are now able to tether to an automatic cable at a wind farm to get their batteries topped up. The innovative system is the first of its kind and a major step in keeping electric vessels as green as possible… Continue reading World-first wind turbine tech puts an 8-megawatt charger on an oil rig
While the quest for pulling more megawatts from wind turbines has generally led to bigger and bigger rotors on turbines of conventional design – like this monster 22-MW number in China – Norway’s Wind Catching Systems (WCS) has taken a different path. … Continue reading Massive 40-MW floating wind turbine array wins major tick of approval
The sheer size of today’s wind turbines is mind-boggling – they’re among the biggest machines humanity has ever built, and the bigger they get, the more potential value you can get by adding a little extra length to the blades.Continue ReadingCategory:… Continue reading Full-scale self-assembling wind turbine system funded for construction
Part of the exorbitant cost of offshore wind energy is the massive crane ships required to install the damn things – but Norwegian company Windspider has come up with a brilliantly lightweight crane system that promises to slash costs in half.Continue … Continue reading Self-assembling crane promises to halve cost of offshore wind setup
An experimental new undersea robot shows great promise for use in the upkeep of offshore renewable energy platforms. Because it has the ability to climb vertical underwater surfaces – and paint them – it’s known as the Crawfish.Continue ReadingCategory… Continue reading Video: Robot climbs offshore wind turbines and paints while underwater
The world needs gargantuan amounts of clean energy moving forward, making this an area of colossal and growing opportunity for disruptive innovations. Here are some of the fascinating energy ideas and technologies that made us most hopeful in 2023.Cont… Continue reading There’s hope yet: Clean energy advances that inspired us in 2023
T-Omega’s pyramid-based floating wind turbines are designed with the sole common-sense focus of keeping the cost of offshore wind down to an absolute minimum. With wave tank testing done, the company has now launched its first real-world prototype.Cont… Continue reading Disruptive offshore wind pyramid moves to real-world prototype testing