The Hywind Tampen wind farm has been officially opened by Crown Prince Haakon of Norway, creating the world's largest floating offshore wind farm.
The wind farm, which is expected to reduce CO2 emissions from oil and gas producers in the North Sea, consists of 11 wind turbines based on the floating Hywind concept, developed by Equinor. The farm floats over a water depth of between 260 and 300 metres, with the turbines are mounted on floating concrete structures with a common anchoring system.
Hywind Tampen has a system capacity of 88MW and is expected to cover about 35% of the annual need for electricity on the five platforms Snorre A and B and Gullfaks A, B and C.
"Hywind Tampen is expected to reduce CO2 emissions with 200,000 tonnes annually from key oil and gas producers in the North Sea," said Kjetil Hove, executive vice-president for the Norwegian continental shelf in Equinor. "It is a bold investment in a pioneering project from the Gullfaks and Snorre partnerships and Enova. The project has given us and the supplier industry valuable experience that will be important when we work together to develop offshore wind further in Norway and globally, scaling up for the future. I would like to thank everyone who has contributed, this is an industrial development we can be proud of."
The Hywind Scotland floating offshore wind farm was the world’s first floating offshore wind farm.
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