Swiss outfit ABB is to supply transformers specially-designed for floating wind turbines to MHI Vestas for the 25MW WindFloat Atlantic project off Portugal.

Japanese outfit J-Power and French energy company Engie are to collaborate on the development of floating offshore wind projects in Japanese waters.

MHI Vestas has confirmed a deal to supply three V164 offshore turbines to EDP Renewables’ 25MW WindFloat Atlantic project off Portugal.

La empresa naval pública Navantia y la asturiana Windar han iniciado la construcción de una unidad semisumergible en el astillero de Fene (A Coruña), sobre la que se instalará un aerogenerador marino, que será colocado a unos 20 kilómetros de la costa, en la localidad portuguesa de Viana do Castelo.

International certification body DNV GL has issued a revised standard for the design of floating wind turbine structures and a new guideline for the certification of floating wind turbines.

Of the 96 European ports analysed, only a few in Scotland, Norway and Spain were suitable for the development and operation of floating offshore wind farms, marine and engineering consultancy LOC Renewables claimed.

Swedish outfit SeaTwirl is teaming up with Siemens to develop floating offshore wind technology. The cooperation agreement will focus on the “technical parts” of SeaTwirl's 1MW S2 floating wind turbine.

Ideol has installed its 2MW Floatgen floating offshore wind turbine off the Atlantic coast of France.

Japan’s Toda Corporation has, in collaboration with Yoshida Co., Ltd., launched a vessel designed for the installation of floating offshore wind turbines.

A joint industry project (JIP) led by the Carbon Trust has launched two studies to investigate dynamic export cables and monitoring requirements for floating wind projects.