Hywind Tampen, the world’s first floating offshore wind power project built by Equinor to provide power for offshore oil and gas platforms, will provide power for Snorre and Gullfaks oil and gas fields in Norway’s North Sea.

Hywind Tampen is the world’s first offshore wind farm project built by Equinor to provide power for offshore oil and gas platforms. It will provide power for the Snorre and Gullfaks oil and gas fields in Norway’s North Sea. It is also the first floating offshore wind farm in the world to provide power for offshore oil and gas platforms. The project was officially commenced on October 1, 2020 and put into operation in November 2022. The wind farm was invested and built by Norwegian National Petroleum Company Equinor, with a total investment of nearly 5 billion Norwegian kronor (about 3.8 billion yuan).

With a system capacity of 95 megawatts, the project will also become the largest floating offshore wind farm in the world. It is also an important step in the industrialization solution and reducing the cost of future offshore wind power projects. At the same time, Hywind Tampen will become a test bed for further development of floating wind power, exploring the use of new and larger wind turbines, installation methods, simplified mooring equipment, concrete substructure and integration between gas and wind power generation systems.

The floating offshore wind farm is composed of 11 wind turbines, upgraded from 8 MW to 8.6 MW. The capacity of the export system and platform has not been upgraded, but due to the increase of normal operation time, the increased capacity may help to increase the annual total output. The operating experience of completed facilities can also help to improve production capacity by improving utilization.

Source: CWEA