Kvaerner has signed a contract with Equinor to study how floating concrete substructures for offshore wind turbines to the planned Hywind Tampen project in the North Sea can be designed and constructed. Offshore wind power is a segment where Kvaerner aims to increase its business in the coming years.
The objectives of the front-end engineering and design (FEED) assignment are to further mature the design of the concrete substructures, to identify appropriate construction site(s), and to develop a plan for construction, method and cost for production of 11 floating concrete substructures.
Late August last year, Equinor and its partners announced that they had decided to explore the possibilities of supplying the Gullfaks and Snorre fields with power from floating offshore wind. The oil and gas platforms could be the world’s first to receive parts of its power demand from floating wind turbines.
The solution that is being considered is a wind farm consisting of 11 wind turbines based on Equinor’s floating offshore wind concept, Hywind. The 8 MW turbines will have a combined capacity of 88 MW and are estimated to meet about 35 percent of the annual power demand of the five Snorre A and B, and Gullfaks A, B and C platforms. In periods of higher wind speed this percentage will be significantly higher.
The final FEED study report will be delivered 1 April 2019. Kvaerner will manage the project out of its headquarters outside Oslo, Norway.
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