Water depths, available and suitable cost-efficient fabrication yards and ports, and capacities of the local supply chain are primary drivers for selecting a given design.īuilding on Hywind, Equinor has developed a new floating concept, the Wind Semi, a semisubmersible wind turbine. Optimized export solutions, introducing floating and first of its kind seabed substations.Įquinor is technology agnostic and will select the best suited floating wind concept for its projects.Optimized dynamic cable solutions, new types of cable layouts that will reduce investment and maintenance costs and secure high power production.Mooring systems where we are introducing fibre rope in addition to chain solutions that will lower cost and enhance opportunities for local content, ensuring safe station keeping.A new floater substructure complementing the Hywind spar, based on simple geometry design and passive ballast, that ensures cost optimal units with maximum reliability.
A patented floater motion controller, which ensures the floating wind turbine remains stable while delivering optimal power production, introducing new features and adapted to semi-concepts.The following design principles and solutions for floating wind are viable across the main types of floating concepts: By standardising a set of key design principles and solutions for floating wind, we are taking an important step towards developing competitive full-scale floating wind farms, demonstrating that floating offshore wind is deployable at scale, in different geographies, and cost effective with local adaptability to the supply chain. As the leading floating offshore wind developer, Equinor’s constant focus is to find out how technology can be deployed cost effectively whilst maximising local benefits.
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