- Equinor has designed a new floating wind concept
- It will enable industrial harmonisation and maximise opportunities for local supply chains.
Equinor, a leading developer in floating offshore wind has designed a new floating wind concept that will enable industrial harmonisation and maximise opportunities for local supply chains.
Having reiterated its commitment to Scotland earlier this year, the offshore energy company has now revealed its preferred floating wind foundation design for full-scale gigawatt (GW) commercial floating offshore wind. The Wind Semi, a semi-submersible wind turbine foundation, has been designed with flexibility, specifically to allow for fabrication and assembly based on local supply chain capabilities.
“We are ready to develop the next generation, large-scale commercial floating offshore wind in Scotland. By leveraging our twenty years of floating offshore wind experience and innovations, we plan to develop GW-size floating projects in one single phase. Implementing large scale projects will accelerate Scotland’s energy transition to net zero. At 1GW, this project would be over 30 times bigger than Hywind Scotland, the UK’s and Equinor’s first floating project and have the potential to not only position Scotland as a leader in deepwater technology but also create opportunities for both existing suppliers and new entrants to the offshore wind sector”, stated Sonja C. Indrebø, Equinor’s vice president of Floating Offshore Wind.