Taiwan is moving to terminate the contract for the 700MW Youde offshore wind project after the developer – Taiwanese energy company Shinfox Energy – failed to pay the remaining performance bond, according to local media reports.
A federal judge is allowing the US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) to review its approval of EDF’s stalled 2.8GW Atlantic Shores offshore wind project off New Jersey.
Eize de Vries, Windpower Monthly’s technology and market trends correspondent, explores the different approaches of Chinese and Western turbine manufacturers to scaling and takes a view on how floating wind can become a commercial reality.