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Giant floating wall of wind turbines moves a step closer to reality


Wind Catching Systems (WCS), based just outside of Norway's capital, Oslo, has been developing its Windcatcher system, which it describes as a "floating wind power plant based...

Forward-looking: A new type of renewable energy facility could one day be providing power by using a massive wall of small wind turbines. WCS is creating a prototype of the Windcatcher design with help from a $900,000 investment from Norway's Enova fund – owned by the country's Ministry of Climate and Environment – that was handed over in February 2023. Recently, it was reported that China's massive floating dual-rotor wind turbine can generate power in waters up to around 300 feet deep and 62 miles from shore.

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