The world's largest floating offshore wind farm officially opened
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Crown Prince Haakon of Norway connecting two cables to mark the official opening of the Hywind Tampen wind farm. To his left, Norwegian prime minister Jonas Gahr Støre and Equinor’s vice president for Renewables in Norway, Siri Espedal Kindem. Opposite, Equinor’s executive vice president for the Norwegian continental shelf Kjetil Hove.
(Photo: Ole Jørgen Bratland / Equinor)
The Hywind Tampen wind farm was opened today by Crown Prince Haakon of Norway. Gullfaks and Snorre are the first oil and gas fields in the world to receive power from offshore wind, reducing CO2 emissions.
Facts about Hywind Tampen
- Partners: Equinor, Petoro, OMV, Vår Energi, Wintershall Dea and INPEX Idemitsu
- Hywind Tampen has a system capacity of 88 MW
- The wind farm is located about 140 kilometres from shore
- Water depth: between 260 and 300 metres
- Began power production in the third quarter of 2022 and is fully operational as of August 2023.
- The turbines are mounted on floating concrete structures with a common anchoring system.
- Enova and the Norwegian Business Sector's NoX fund have supported the project with NOK 2.3 billion and NOK 566 million respectively to stimulate technology development within offshore wind power and emission reductions.
- The Norwegian government has set an ambition to award acreage equivalent to 30 GW of offshore wind by 2040. Hywind Tampen is the first offshore wind farm in Norway, demonstrating the opportunities for renewable power production on the Norwegian continental shelf.
Hywind Tampen A to Z
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