Securing access to reliable supplies of concrete and aggregates is the latest step in BW Ideol's scaling-up strategy for ...
Blame the U.K.’s June 23 vote to leave the European Union—the Brexit referendum—as well as construction challenges, for hesitation in the development of lightweight floating foundations for wind ...
The American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has approved in principle the Bassoe D-Floater, a floating offshore wind turbine foundation. It is said that the Bassoe D-Floater foundations will be able to ...
It has been a mantra of TreeHugger that where possible, it is better to build foam free. Plastic foams are sometimes made with blowing agents that have serious global warming potential; they are made ...
Japan's first commercial floating offshore wind farm has begun operations, using world-first hybrid spar-type floating ...
The construction of Ideol’s patented floating offshore wind sub-structure has been successfully completed by Bouygues TP and was floated-off in Saint-Nazaire’s Forme Joubert lock. After several months ...
Modern wind power pioneer Henrik Stiesdal has taken the wraps off a new floating foundation design he hopes will accelerate industrialisation of the fast-emerging sector. Stiesdal, who stepped down ...
Addressing rising sea levels requires multiple strategies and defenses (“Developers Float Answer to Floods,” The Property Report, Feb. 19). One solution, overlooked in the U.S., which is realistic, ...
Seasteading proponents envisage a floating society with a fluid geography, free from oppressive government in international waters. But they'll need something to build their watery utopia on top of, ...
A warming atmosphere also means a warming ocean. As water heats up, it expands and triggers a sea level rise around the world. By 2080, a U.N. panel predicts this will have devastating consequences ...