Located in the North Sea, Hywind Tampen is considered the world’s largest floating wind farm project.
The project has been funded by Norwegian energy firm Equinor and other oil companies including OMV and Vår Energi, owned by ENI. Their goal is to use the green energy generated by the wind farm to supply the company’s nearby oil and gas platforms and cut their greenhouse gas emissions.
The Hywind Tampen wind farm has a capacity of 88 megawatts. It is expected to reduce CO2 emissions by 200,000 tonnes annually, or 0.4 per cent of Norway’s total CO2 emissions in 2022.
The farm’s 11 wind turbines are fixed to a floating base anchored to the sea floor, rather than the ocean bed, allowing them to be installed in deeper waters and further from the coast where winds are more consistent and stronger.
The field began production at the end of last year but was officially inaugurated on Wednesday August 24 2023 by Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway and Prime Minister...