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The weekend saw the launch of the first production from a facility billed as the world’s largest floating wind farm, with more turbines due to be operational before the end of the year.
In a statement over the weekend, Norwegian oil and gas operator Equinor said power production from the Hywind Tampine wind farm’s first turbines took place on Sunday afternoon.
The energy will be harnessed to run operations in the oil and gas fields in the North Sea and sent to the Galfax field.
The floating farm is located about 140 kilometers off the coast of Norway at depths ranging from 260 to 300 metres.
Seven of the turbines are scheduled to be commissioned in 2022 with the remaining four to be installed in 2023; Equinor says that upon completion, the company will have a system capacity of 88 megawatts.
Besides Equinor, other companies participated in the project; Including Far Energy, Petoro, or MV.
It is also expected that this floating farm will meet about 35% of the demand for electricity in the fields of “Galfax” and “Snorri”. Equinor says this will reduce CO2 emissions from the fields by about 200,000 tons per year.
