RENEWABLE ENERGY
Illustration of Equinor’s Hywind wind farm
and controlled in a way that supports the proper stable and reliable operation of the power system. “Tere are challenges in developing the subsea transmission system to transport the electricity which will be at a total different magnitude than we have offshore today, and we need to develop solutions
Hywind is the world’s largest floating wind farm
to efficiently handle the natural variations in the wind generation. Forecasting of production, advanced control and systems science are key elements, but also alternative solutions should be explored. For example, using offshore wind to produce hydrogen, or to create charging hubs for electric-powered vessels, or other multi-use options.”
“This is the science and engineering challenge of this century”
FLOATING WIND TECHNOLOGY One novel approach that seems to have vast potential if it can be properly commercialised is floating wind technology. Tande says that, “there are increasing numbers of companies and countries that are pioneering within floating wind technology. Te installations have so far been in Norway, Portugal, Japan, and UK, while France will have four floating projects in operation in 2021. “Equinor installed the first in the world full-scale floating wind turbine in Norway already in 2009 and in 2017, it installed the world’s largest (until now) floating wind farm in Scotland. Equinor has named its floating concept Hywind.
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