In a deal between the Scottish government and Norwegian oil company Statoil, five wind turbines with a capacity of six megawatts each will be set on floating structures some 15 miles (25 km) off the ...

The world’s first floating offshore wind farm, Hywind Scotland, has been in operation since 2017. On its fifth birthday, its operators shared how it’s going and what they’ve learned. Hywind Scotland, ...

Floating offshore wind made a remarkable splash this fall. As two much-watched projects sailed toward construction, optimism about the industry’s accelerated growth was buoyed by projections from the ...

Giant concrete spar-substructures are on the move for Equinor's 88-megawatt Hywind Tampen project, which will become the world’s largest floating wind farm once operational in late 2022 and help power ...

1. Statoil's Hywind floating windfarm will employ cylindrical floats constructed out of steel and sand-water balast. They will share the same power lines and be tethered to the ocean floor. (Image ...

The world’s first floating wind farm – Norwegian energy giant Statoil’s 30MW Hywind Scotland array – has been switched on off the Scottish northeast coast, marking the start of a new chapter in the ...

Norwegian oil giant Equinor has reportedly suspended two of its three electrification projects for oil and gas production due to high costs of electrification. Powering offshore production platforms ...

Norway’s Equinor wants to install floating wind turbines at North Sea fields, including Snorre and Johan Sverdrup, but its partners are less than enthusiastic. Equinor has several times over the past ...