1165 results found for 'Hywind Demo'

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  • Verti-Go Project Awarded EUR 15 Million for 2 MW Floating Vertical Axis Wind Turbine Demo

    2 September 2025
    Business & Finance, Business development, Floating Wind, Research & Development, Supply Chain, Technology, Wind Turbines

    A consortium behind a project called Verti-Go has secured EUR 15 million from Horizon Europe to demonstrate SeaTwirl’s floating wind technology with a 2 MW turbine, including the design, fabrication, installation and operation. The project was selected as the successful applicant for funding under the EU programme Demonstrations of innovative floating wind concepts in May this year. […]

  • Kongsberg to EmPower Hywind Demo

    9 May 2016

    Statoil has been awarded a grant from Enova to test the condition monitoring capabilities of the Kongsberg EmPower system for the floating wind turbine Hywind Demo. Statoil will monitor the condition of the turbine using the EmPower system, and evaluate its functionality to discover early signs of fault, and calculate remaining lifetime for main components. […]

  • Vattenfall Secures Eemshaven O&M Site for New German Offshore Wind Farms

    29 August 2025
    Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    Vattenfall has signed a contract with EMS Maritime Offshore (EMO), under which EMO will build and lease an operations and maintenance (O&M) base in Eemshaven, the Netherlands, to Vattenfall for its Nordlicht offshore wind farms in Germany. According to the offshore wind developer, an advantage of the future O&M base is the existing infrastructure, which […]

  • First Turbine Jacket Foundation In Place at Dieppe Le Tréport

    10 September 2025
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The first wind turbine foundation has been installed at the 496 MW Dieppe Le Tréport offshore wind farm in France, developed by Eoliennes en Mer Dieppe Le Tréport (EMDT), a joint venture between Ocean Winds, Sumitomo Corporation, and Banque des Territoires. The foundations are steel jackets fabricated in Spain, being delivered by a consortium of […]

  • World’s First Floating Wind Turbine Finds New Calling

    8 January 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, R&D

    Equinor has entered into an agreement with Unitech Offshore for the takeover of its Hywind Demo floating wind turbine in Norway. The turbine will be renamed to UNITECH Zefyros at Hywind Technology from 1 February and will be used as an infrastructure for research and technology projects in Metcentre at Karmøy. In its next phase, the floating turbine will […]

  • Scotland Set to Open World’s First Floating Wind Farm

    18 October 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon will inaugurate the world’s first floating wind farm, Statoil’s Hywind Scotland Pilot Project, today (18 October).

  • Danish Company to Supply TP Covers for Vattenfall’s Nordlicht 1 Offshore Wind Farm

    29 August 2025
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Supply Chain

    The Danish company, Dansk Polyglas, has been awarded a contract by CS Wind Offshore to supply transition piece (TP) covers for Vattenfall’s Nordlicht 1 offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. Under the contract, Dansk Polyglas will deliver TP covers for all 68 transition pieces, manufactured by CS Wind Offshore for Nordlicht 1. This […]

  • 4Subsea Studying Digital Twin Cost-Reduction Potential in Offshore Wind

    1 May 2020
    R&D

    4Subsea has installed retrofit sensors on the Unitech Zefyros floating offshore wind turbine in Norway, with an aim to analyze cost reduction potential with a digital twin. The goal of the project is to prove significant cost reduction potential in offshore wind by using a digital twin of the substructure to measure actual loads and […]

  • Odfjell Oceanwind Acquires Ørsted’s Majority Stake in Scottish Floating Wind Project

    26 August 2025
    Business & Finance, Floating Wind, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Odfjell Oceanwind (OOW) has acquired Ørsted`s 80 per cent share in the Salamander floating wind project in Scotland. The 100 MW demonstration floating wind farm, which recently received consent from the Scottish government, will now be owned by Odfjell Oceanwind, Simply Blue Group and Subsea7. Salamander has adopted Odfjell Oceanwind’s Deepsea Star semi-submersible steel foundation […]

  • Norway Pondering New Regulation for Offshore Wind Development

    29 May 2018
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    On 4 June, Norwegian Parliament (Storting) will discuss a new proposal asking the government to draft detailed regulation for opening concession areas and granting concessions rights for offshore wind projects on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS). 

  • Technip Norge Wins Hywind Marine Operations Contract

    16 March 2016
    Business & Finance, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Statoil has awarded a contract for marine operations at the 30MW Hywind Scotland Pilot Park to Technip Norge AS. Technip’s scope of work includes the transportation of substructures for the floating wind farm from Spain to Norway, and preparations for the installation of top sections and generators. Technip will also be responsible for towing, mooring operations and […]

  • World’s Largest Floating OWF to Feature Siemens 6MW Turbines

    4 December 2015
    Wind Farm Update

    Siemens will supply five of its SWT-6.0-154 direct drive offshore wind turbines for Statoil’s 30MW Hywind Scotland Project, the world’s largest floating wind project.  The turbines will be installed on floating foundations operating in water depths between 90 and 120 meters. For the new Hywind Scotland Project, assembly in West Coast Norway is scheduled for first half […]

  • Statoil Hires Lloyd’s Register Energy for Hywind Project

    8 June 2015

    Statoil has awarded Lloyd’s Register Energy’s consulting business a contract to perform a risk and emergency preparedness analysis for the Hywind Scotland pilot park project. The Norwegian international energy company plans to build the first floating wind farm off the Scottish coast. The park will be located near Buchan Deep, approx. 25-30 km off the […]

  • Unitech Offshore Wins TetraSpar Floater Contract

    7 November 2019
    Grid Connection

    Unitech Offshore has secured a contract to provide dynamic power cable and grid connection for the TetraSpar demonstration project in Norway. Unitech said it had been working together with the project partners and investors under an Early Work Agreement up to the signing of the main contract at the end of October. The FWT Zefyros, […]

  • Floating Wind Could Create 52,000 Jobs in Norway, Study Finds

    30 May 2022
    Business & Finance

    Floating wind alone could create over 52,000 jobs in Norway by 2050, which is around 25 per cent of the total employment in the oil industry in 2019, according to a report from Menon Economics. The report also finds that Norwegian players could take between 5 and 14 per cent of the global floating wind […]

  • Onshore Plans for TWP’s Ayre Floating Wind Farm Submitted

    26 August 2025
    Authorities, Floating Wind, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Thistle Wind Partners (TWP) has submitted an onshore planning application to the Highland Council for the 1 GW Ayre floating offshore wind farm in Scotland. Highland Council’s consultation on the application opens on 29 August, and representations can be made up until 28 September. The project milestone follows the completion of a comprehensive optioneering exercise […]

  • OSBIT Power’s MaXccess System Begins Trials in Norway

    5 March 2012
    Technology

    UK-based, OSBIT Power (OP) announced today it has begun offshore trials of its innovative offshore wind access system, MaXccess. OP has agreed with Siemens Wind Power and Statoil to conduct trials at Statoil’s Hywind demo floating wind turbine in Norway. The MaXccess system has been developed by OP, with the first production MaXccess unit, MX11/01, […]

  • Foundation Installation at New French Offshore Wind Farm Reaches Halfway Mark

    1 April 2026
    Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    Half of the 62 jacket foundations have been installed at the Dieppe-Le-Tréport offshore wind project site in France. The first wind turbine foundation was installed at the project site, located 15 kilometres off the city of Le Tréport and 17 kilometres off the city of Dieppe, by DEME’s installation vessel Innovation in September 2025. By February […]

  • UK: DECC Congratulates OSBIT Power on Success

    13 July 2012
    Authorities, Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    Within a one month period OSBIT Power (OP) has received orders for their MaXccess wind turbine access system from both Siemens and Scira Offshore Energy (Scira is a joint venture between Statoil and Statkraft and owns the Sheringham Shoal offshore wind farm), positive feedback from E.ON following trials, and a message of congratulations from the […]

  • Vryhof Sets Up New Engineering Unit

    20 March 2017
    Business & Finance

    Vryhof, together with its business unit Deep Sea Mooring (DSM), has launched a new engineering unit to support the company’s renewables, offshore oil & gas, and aquaculture operations.

  • Norwegian Oil and Gas Project to Run on Offshore Wind?

    7 May 2018
    Business & Finance, Environment, R&D

    Norwegian oil and gas major Aker BP has tabled a proposal to power the NOAKA project on the Norwegian Continental Shelf with electricity from shore combined with offshore wind.

  • NorSea Signs Multi-Million Deal for Hywind Scotland Project

    18 February 2016
    Wind Farm Update

    NorSea Group AS (NSG) has signed a contract with Statoil for the utilisation of its Stord base in Norway to assemble the world’s first floating wind farm, the Hywind Scotland Pilot Park. The contract, valued at approximately NOK 50-70 million (approx. EUR 5.2-7.4 million), will enter into force as of 1 March. It covers the preparation and adaptation of […]

  • Statoil Sets Aside EUR 214 Million for Hywind Scotland Pilot Park

    3 November 2015
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Grid Connection, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Norwegian energy company Statoil has made the final investment decision to build the Hywind Scotland Pilot Park, the world’s first floating wind farm, offshore Peterhead in Aberdeenshire, after Scotland gave the project the go-ahead yesterday. The decision triggers investments of around NOK 2 billion (EUR 214 million), realizing a 60-70 percent cost reduction per MW from the Hywind demo project […]

  • So Many Floating Wind Designs, So Few Test Sites – Norwegian METCentre Sold Out

    7 February 2023
    Research & Development, Technology

    There are currently more than 80 floating wind technology concepts and designs worldwide, and testing even a certain number of these could prove to be an endeavour since, at least in Europe, there are not many test sites dedicated to floating wind technology. This is according to a discussion during the Focus on Floating Wind […]

  • UK: Siemens Purchases MaXccess System

    24 May 2012
    Technology

    Siemens has purchased the very first MaXccess system to improve the safe transfer of service specialists onto offshore wind turbines. MaXccess was designed by OSBIT Power Ltd and has been tested by a strategic alliance of Siemens, OSBIT Power, Statoil and Fred Olsen Windcarrier to establish the effectiveness of the design.  Siemens, which operates a […]

  • NREL Aids Statoil in Wind Floating Array Development

    27 August 2015
    R&D

    A recent study performed by the National Wind Technology Center (NWTC) at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is helping Norway-based Statoil prepare for the installation of what has the potential to be the world’s first multi-turbine floating offshore array. Statoil deployed the first spar-based system called Hywind Demo in 2009, which is still operating […]