Aker Offshore Wind Plans to Deploy Scotland’s First Offshore Wind Underwater Substation
ScotWind licensing process, for which Aker Offshore Wind has teamed up with Ocean Winds to submit a series of floating bids which could deliver up to 6,000MW of energy in the Outer Moray Firth. OW and AOW would use steel-based semi-submersible floaters called ‘Windfloat’, developed by Principle Power Inc (PPI), which is majority-owned by AOW and OW."It would be by far the UK’s biggest wind energy development and power millions of homes with renewable energy," the company added.Aker Solutions, a sister company of Aker Offshore Wind and a key supplier to UK wind projects, is
Final Windfloat Atlantic Floating Wind Turbine Heads Offshore
of the Windfloat Atlantic project, located 20 km from Viana do Castelo on the Portuguese coast. The project, dubbed the first floating offshore wind farm in continental Europe, is operated by the Windplus consortium, consisting of EDP Renováveis (54.4%), Engie (25%), Repsol (19.4%) and Principle Power Inc. (1.2%). Bourbon Subsea Services is responsible for the towing and the connection of the 8.4 MW floating wind turbine supplied by MHI Vestas.With the support of three vessels (the Bourbon Orca AHTS, a port tug, and an ROV support vessel laying electrical cables), a team of more than 70
WindFloat Atlantic Platform Heads Offshore
structure.Once operational and with the installed capacity of 25 megawatts, the wind farm will be able to generate enough energy to supply the equivalent of 60,000 users each year.The project is led by the Windplus consortium, comprising EDP Renewables (54.4%), Engie (25%), Repsol (19.4%) and Principle Power Inc. (1.2%).The facility has three wind turbines mounted on floating platforms which are anchored only with chains to the seabed at a depth of 100 meters. It includes cutting-edge technology that minimizes the environmental impact and facilitates access to untapped wind resources in deep waters
First Subsea CPS for WindFloat
we successfully delivered another project together.” Sales and business development director Greg Campbell-Smith said: “We are pleased to be part of two different scopes on this project, having supplied the platform mooring connectors to the Windplus floating platforms supplied by Principle Power Inc.” WindFloat Atlantic uses cutting-edge technology from Principle Power, which enables the installation of floating platform in deep waters that were previously inaccessible and where abundant wind resources can be harnessed
Offshore Wind: California's New Gold Rush
Coast Energy Authority (RCEA), a consortium of local governments, has been working to develop a wind project since 2017. Humboldt Bay has some of the best Pacific wind resources, although that is offset by challenges with land-based connections.RCEA selected an energy team that includes Principle Power Inc. (PPI), founded in 2007 in Emeryville, CA. PPI has developed the WindFloat, a floating foundation for offshore wind turbines, being readied for operation in Europe in 2021. RCEA also selected Aker Solutions, the Norwegian company expert in oil and gas platforms. RCEA&rsquo
US' First Planned Floating Wind Farm Taking Shape
;s first floating offshore wind farm are taking shape with the news that California’s Redwood Coast Energy Authority (RCEA) has selected a consortium to enter into a public-private partnership to develop the project off the Northern California coast. The consortium is comprised of Principle Power Inc., EDPR Offshore North America LLC, Aker Solutions Inc., H. T. Harvey & Associates, and Herrera Environmental Consultants Inc. and was one of six respondents to a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) issued by the RCEA on February 1, 2018. The proposed project is a 100-150 megawatts
US Closer to Wave Energy off Oregon
for wind energy areas offshore Maryland, and New Jersey in the next year/ Earlier this month, BOEM issued a lease to Florida Atlantic University for marine hydrokinetic technology testing offshore Florida to evaluate the use of turbines powered by ocean currents. BOEM has also given the approval for Principle Power, Inc. to submit a formal plan to build a 30-megawatt pilot project using floating wind turbine technology offshore Coos Bay, Oregon. The Center submitted a lease request for its wave energy test facility to BOEM in June 2013. On March 24, 2014, BOEM published the "Notice of Potential
Principle Power Names WindFloat Partners
Renewable energy technology developer, Principle Power, was awarded a Department of Energy grant worth $4M and up to $47M in total funding, to support its WindFloat Pacific Demonstration Project. Principle Power has announced the list of official project partners, all marked to deliver essential contributions to the WindFloat project. The list of project partners include MacArtney Underwater Technology, Siemens Wind Power, Houston Offshore Engineering, the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, RPS Evan Hamilton, Forristal Ocean Engineering, the American
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