Hywind Scotland turbines on track to be reinstalled in weeks
Equinor (OSE:EQNR) has confirmed the five floating turbines of its flagship Hywind Scotland project will be re-installed before winter.
Equinor (OSE:EQNR) has confirmed the five floating turbines of its flagship Hywind Scotland project will be re-installed before winter.
As the world’s leaders in floating offshore wind, Scotland and Norway are well-positioned to learn from each other to bolster their respective industries.
Scottish Enterprise’s David Rennie said the news had given him a “shiver”.
This is the second time in recent months when a Scottish floating wind project has gone overseas for repairs.
Equinor is to return all turbines from the world’s first floating wind farm to Norway for several months of maintenance.
Aberdeen’s floating wind crown has been passed to Norway today as the world’s largest project, Hywind Tampen, officially opens.
Profits from Equinor’s (OSLO: EQNR) Hywind Scotland scheme surged last year as legacy renewables projects unintentionally gained from Europe’s gas crisis.
The world’s first floating offshore wind farm – Hywind Scotland - has passed five years in operation since its commissioning in 2017.
Fresh research from trade body RenewableUK shines a light on the massive growth in floating offshore wind projects in recent months.
Energy services firm Proserv has been picked to monitor cables at the world’s first commercial floating offshore wind farm.
Norwegian energy giant Equinor (OSLO: EQNR) has unveiled the floating wind foundation design it will use if its successful in ScotWind.
A floating offshore wind farm could be used to supply power to Equinor’s 300 million barrel Rosebank field.
Equinor has launched a study to better understand how fishers can safely operate around and within floating offshore wind farms.
Norwegian energy giant Equinor is the latest company to confirm its involvement in Scotland’s offshore wind leasing round.
CNOOC has teased plans to electrify its North Sea platforms through floating wind and “build a new energy business” in the UK.
InfraStrata’s chief executive says he expects the company to be a “major player” in Scotland’s emerging offshore floating wind sector.
Fostering research and innovation will be key if floating offshore wind is to become competitive in the coming decades.
The head of Equinor’s UK renewable operations has announced he is leaving the company after more than a decade.
A leading renewable energy expert has heralded 2020 as having been a “massive year” for the development of floating offshore wind.
A boss at Equinor has said the firm is hopeful of bringing floating offshore wind costs in line with those of bottom-fixed by the end of the decade.
The offshore renewables industry needs to make a significant “step change” if floating wind deployment is going to be brought on par with fixed-bottom.
The floating offshore wind sector will have to overcome “huge” mobilisation challenges in order to get up and running, according to an industry expert.
Struggling to end their reliance on expensive fossil fuels for power generation, Spain’s Canary Islands are set to become a test bed for the latest technology in wind energy.
Aberdeen-headquartered firm Wood has agreed a multi-million pound deal with Equinor to support its plans to power North Sea oil and gas platforms with offshore wind.
A new report published today by two of the UK's most prominent energy trade bodies will focus on job creation within the floating offshore wind sector.