The Norwegian company Sway Turbine has developed an eye-catching 10MW offshore wind turbine, the ST10. The unique features of this turbine are presented for the first time. Sway Turbine’s CTO Eystein Borgen has presented the ST10 turbine at the 3rd International Conference on Drivetrain Concepts for Wind Turbines in Bremen, Germany. In his presentation Borgen…
California rich in offshore wind
The amount of wind blowing off the California coast has high potential. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory atmospheric scientists are working with a Norwegian company to leverage that wind as a valuable energy source. LLNL has signed a memorandum of understanding with Sway, a renewable energy company that has developed floating towers for placing wind turbines…