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30 MW Offshore Wind Turbines Being Considered For New Project In Sweden

The title of this post, is the same as that of this article on offshoreWIND.biz.

This is the sub-heading.

Freja Offshore, a joint venture between Hexicon and Mainstream Renewable Power, has submitted an application for an offshore wind farm in Sweden that could have an installed capacity of between 2 GW and 2.5 GW and, according to the project’s consultation document, could feature wind turbines of up to 30 MW per unit.

This paragraph, indicates how turbines have grown over the last two decades.

The wind turbines in the future will probably be taller, the rotor diameter larger and the turbines more powerful, the joint venture says in the consultation document, and compares the largest wind turbines launched in 2011, which have a rotor diameter of 164 metres and an installed capacity of 8 MW, with those launched 10 years later, featuring a rotor diameter of 236 metres and an output of 15 MW.

Moving on a few years to 2030 and it doesn’t seem unreasonable that turbine size will double again to 30 MW.

I could see them becoming the standard turbine, providing they aren’t too heavy for the fixed foundations or floats.

It would be an interesting exercise to model the costs of wind farms, as the turbines get bigger.

With North Sea oil and gas, I was told several times, by Artemis users, that as cranes got larger, which allowed bigger lifts, the costs of offshore infrastructure decreased.

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June 22, 2023 - Posted by AnonW | Energy | Artemis, Offshore Wind Power, Project Management, Sweden, Wind Power