Electrek

The world’s largest floating wind platform will snap together like IKEA furniture

The Aikido One platform, a 1:4 scale pilot floating wind platform, deployed in 2024. Photo: Aikido Floating offshore wind tech company Aikido is working with Norway’s Marin Energy Test Centre ...
IFLScience

Largest Floating Wind Platform's Twin Giant Turbines Withstand Category 5 Hurricanes

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Business Wire

Aikido Announces Final Assembly of their First Floating Offshore Wind Platform in 40 hours, Representing 10x Speed-Up

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aikido Technologies, Inc. (Aikido), a floating offshore wind technology provider, announced today that Chet Morrison Contractors, LLC (Morrison) has completed the ...
Electrek

The world’s largest single-capacity floating wind platform has two turbines

Mingyang Smart Energy’s huge 16.6 megawatt (MW) OceanX, with its double-turbine, “V”-shaped floating wind platform, has begun operations. Mingyang announced late last week that it had come online on ...
Upstream

CNOOC Ltd pioneers tension-leg floating wind platform at South China Sea field

Chinese offshore operator CNOOC Ltd is pushing the boundaries of offshore wind technology with a pioneering tension-leg platform (TLP) design for its latest floating wind project in the South China ...
Nature

Floating Offshore Wind Turbines Dynamics and Performance

The expanding field of floating offshore wind turbines (FOWTs) has seen dynamic advancements in design and performance evaluation, driven by the necessity to harness wind resources in deeper waters ...