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Spanish companies developing new floating wind platform
Sener and Amper plan to use experience from the Kincardine wind farm to create a new floating platform
MingYang wins 1GW offshore wind order in China
Chinese turbine manufacturer secures contract for two large wind farms in deep waters off south-east China
New York’s first offshore wind farm gets the green light
BOEM’s final approval enables Ørsted and Eversource to begin construction of 12-turbine wind farm off the US’s east coast
Offshore News & Analysis
New York contracts offshore wind from BP and Equinor
Developers firm up agreements to sell power from 2.5GW of offshore wind farms off the east coast of the US
Floating takes biggest share in Scottish offshore lease auction
Consortia led by BP, Shell, Vattenfall, Northland Power and Falck Renewables among those successful in ScotWind tender
Siemens Gamesa launches 11MW serial production
Manufacturer begins serial production of 11MW offshore wind turbine, which has a 5.1GW global order book
Ørsted launches probe after offshore wind turbine tilts
Danish developer investigating what caused turbine installed on gravity-based foundation to tilt in Baltic Sea
California targets port investments for offshore wind
Governor proposes spending $45 million in next fiscal year as California looks to begin offshore wind build-out
Offshore In depth
Superclass offshore turbines pose installation challenges
Offshore wind turbines are reaching dizzying new heights and capacities. Will the rest of the industry be able to keep up?
Exclusive: How SGRE made its blades fully recyclable
Eize de Vries gets an exclusive insight into Siemens Gamesa’s recyclable blade technology
Offshore wind sector targets rapid growth beyond Europe
With offshore wind now set to account for a fifth of all global wind energy by 2025, more countries are setting out bold new visions
Exclusive: SGRE pushes offshore turbine to 236 metres
Siemens Gamesa upgrades its SG 14-222 DD turbine to align rotor size with the latest 12-16MW competitor offerings
Exclusive: Inside SGRE’s 14MW prototype nacelle
Eize de Vries climbs into the giant nacelle of Siemens Gamesa’s latest offshore platform to see the result of a decade of rapid upscaling