Energy company Statoil has started use of the first full size Hywind floating wind turbine.
Aimed at eliminating the complications of setting up wind turbines to produce energy on land and setting up base on the ocean beds, this one has been set up 10 kilometres off the Norwegian coast and floats. Having such turbines to generate power on ocean water any day as there is no dearth of wind to produce power.
Deep water offshore wind turbines can avoid troubles associated with fixed turbines. Statoil has worked for many decades in deep sea drilling platforms for North Sea oil production and uses such technology to help install wind turbines in deep water.
Hywind test location was kept close to land, to make testing easier and to minimize use of long power cables to transport power back to the shore. Hywind fuels eco-power hopes for future.
Via: EcoGeek
Posted by Radhika on September 24, 2009 in Eco Design, Energy, Environment, Sci + Tech · 1 Comment
Off shore wind farm has become the trend of wind power industry. GE and Simens have invested a lot of capital in the floating wind turbines. Ocean wind farm could provide more wind energy than the onshore wind farm and no noisy problem.