The Anonymous Widower

Hywind Tampen

In Equinor Sets Sights On Gigawatt-Scale Floating Offshore Wind Projects In Celtic Sea, I said this about Hywind Tampen.

Equinor is also currently constructing the 88 MW Hywind Tampen project in Norway, which will be the largest floating offshore wind farm in the world when completed in 2023.

This page on the Equinor web site gives more details of Hywind Tampen.

• Hywind Tampen is a floating wind farm under construction that will provide electricity for the Snorre and Gullfaks oil and gas fields in the Norwegian North Sea.
• It will be the world’s first renewable power for offshore oil and gas.
• With a system capacity of 88 MW it will also be the world’s largest floating offshore wind farm.
• The wind farm will consist of eleven 8 MW turbines.

When Hywind Tampen is operational, Equinor will operate nearly half (47 percent) of the world’s floating wind capacity.

This paragraph from the Equinor web page is significant.

The wind farm is estimated to meet about 35% of the annual electricity power demand of the five Snorre A and B, and Gullfaks A, B and C platforms. In periods of higher wind speed this percentage will be significantly higher.

I take this to mean that the gas turbines that currently supply the five platforms will be left in place and that their output will be replaced by wind power, when it is available.

The INTOG Program

I described this in What Is INTOG?, and it is the UK’s program, that includes electrification of rigs and platforms.

The first leases under INTOG would appear to be expected in March 2023.

Decarbonisation Of Offshore Operations Around The World

I’m sure that if Hywind Tampen and/or INTOG is successful, that the technology will be used where possible around the world.

November 12, 2022 - Posted by AnonW | Energy | Floating Wind Power, Hywind Tampen, INTOG, Offshore Operations Decarbonisation, Offshore Wind Power, Wind Power