The new floating structures can be made of light, reinforced concrete or similar materials, and are claimed to withstand 6m high waves. They can be utilized with standard photovoltaic modules that are ...

Wave energy has long been seen as a promising source of clean electricity. The ocean is always moving, and that motion ...

Researchers at the Norwegian institute Sintef are testing a special floating structure that Equinor wants to deploy in offshore waters. The structure is built with an anchoring system that is claimed ...

Using foam and aquarium pumps, engineers designed a floating photovoltaic system that keeps working efficiently through ...

Gazelle says this relatively lightweight, cheap structure can scale to handle turbines up to 20 MW in size – bigger than anything currently deployed in the offshore category. It says it's modular and ...

China-based offshore wind foundations manufacturer Dajin Heavy Industry and Spanish industrial group Zima Equity Investments have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to jointly develop an ...

The search is for new ways to harness renewable resources to supply our rising energy needs. The key question, however, is why ocean and sea waves haven't been used in carbon emission reduction ...

Panaji: The Goa-based CSIR–National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) is developing a hybrid floating platform anchored offshore that will generate multiple forms of renewable energy from a single ...

Rising global sea levels, driven by the greenhouse effect, now pose an irreversible threat to coastal cities. Prof. Xiao Lin ZHAO, Chair Professor of Civil Infrastructure of the Department of Civil ...