Hywind Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Mon, 16 Nov 2015 05:19:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Windcrete: Offshore Wind Turbine Technology at a Lower Cost https://www.greenoptimistic.com/windcrete-offshore-wind-turbine/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/windcrete-offshore-wind-turbine/#respond Tue, 10 Nov 2015 10:29:20 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=57450 Researchers and scientists deal with major obstacles on a daily basis. One very real issue that they face when talking about green technology is finding a way to reduce the maintenance and construction costs. Researchers from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), have developed a floating structure model for […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/windcrete-offshore-wind-turbine/feed/ 0 57450 Statoil Builds World’s Largest Floating Wind Farm https://www.greenoptimistic.com/statoil-floating-wind-farm/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/statoil-floating-wind-farm/#respond Tue, 03 Nov 2015 13:25:25 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=57168 The biggest to date, large scale, floating wind farm is about to emerge off the coast of Scotland, marking a major milestone in the development of off-shore wind energy. Offshore wind farms have been in operation for years, with gigantic farms covering the shallow waters of quite a number of countries by now, providing green […]

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