Every day since April 20th, we've been shown what can happen when something goes terribly wrong on a deep-sea, floating oil rig. But what about a deep-sea, floating wind turbine? Would it topple?

Portugal’s WindFloat Atlantic – the world’s first semi-submersible floating offshore wind farm – is now four years old and still breaking its own power output records. The 25 megawatt (MW) WindFloat ...

Exciting news!  Principle Power lands the O&M contract for EFGL's floating offshore wind project in France , enhancing ...

Leading international classification society Bureau Veritas has issued Approval in Principle for the WindFloat Floating Offshore Wind Turbine (FOWT) foundation. WindFloat is designed by Principle ...

Enlit on the Road visited Principle Power at WindFloat Atlantic Project’s base in Viana do Castelo, Portugal, to learn why the O&M phase of a floating offshore wind project is one of the most ...

Principle Power has been awarded the operations and maintenance support contract for Ocean Winds’ 30 MW Éoliennes Flottantes ...

WindFloat Atlantic consists of three 8.4-MW wind turbines installed about 20 kilometers off the coast of Viana do Castelo, Portugal. Although its size is modest compared to other operating offshore ...

Oslo, Norway (November 7, 2018) — DNV GL, the world’s largest independent energy advisory and certification body, has successfully completed a lenders’ technical due diligence on the 25-MW Windfloat ...

The US’s long-awaited entry into the global floating wind arena is being stepped up through Principle Power’s recently unveiled plans to deploy a maiden 2MW version of its WindFloat deepwater platform ...

Someday decades from now, California's sprawling coastal cities could draw their power from floating windmills that bob on the sea like buoys, far from shore. Their blades would spin over deep ocean ...

For nearly 30 years, the world has been collecting renewable wind energy by installing giant wind turbines off shorelines, anchored to the sea floor. That surplus of wind power helps turn wind ...

Classification society ABS has provided certification services for the design, fabrication and installation for the first WindFloat facility. The WindFloat Aguçadoura unit is a 2 MW floating wind ...