hywind, Tag

With only marginally better operational performance than fixed offshore, and costs that are several times higher, there is no hope that Hywind’s overall levelised cost will be anything other than disastrously expensive.

The 30 megawatt Hywind Scotland floating wind farm started operating last fall, and Statoil recently said the farm, a world first, "performed better than expected in its first three full months in production." The floating...

Five massive wind turbines floating in the sea near Scotland have started sending energy to the grid. Statoil, a Norwegian power company, has been working on the 30 megawatt Hywind Scotland project for several years, and...

Five massive wind turbines floating in the sea near Scotland have started sending energy to the grid. Statoil, a Norwegian power company, has been working on the 30 megawatt Hywind Scotland project for several years, and...

By Roger Sowell (1) Figure 1 Artist’s Depiction – Hywind Scotland credit Statoil ASA Environmental Statement Background This article is the result of a request by Charles The Moderator (ctm) for me to write a...

Norwegian company Statoil is building the world's largest offshore floating wind farm near Scotland - and it's set to start producing energy as early as 2017...

The renewable energy race is heating up with three new floating wind farm technologies squaring off for top spot. The challenge for floating wind farm engineering is to create a system that can be anchored deep in the oceans...

The WindFlip barge concept was designed to simplify the installation of offshore wind turbines and in the process has managed to be a solution that also cuts cost...

Vestas, one of the world’s biggest manufacturers of wind turbines, has announced that it will be working in collaboration with WindPlus to deploy a unique wind turbine that uses a first-of-its-kind floating platform...