COPENHAGEN – Norwegian oil and gasoline main Equinor on Monday stated it was eager about growing a “gigawatt scale” floating offshore wind undertaking off the coast of Britain within the Celtic Sea in reference to an upcoming seabed leasing spherical.
The undertaking is a part of Crown Property plans to supply leases to the trade subsequent 12 months, Equinor stated in a press release. The Property manages the seabed and half the foreshore round England, Wales and Northern Eire.
Equinor already operates the small Hywind floating offshore wind farm (30 megawatt), off the northeast coast of Scotland, and is a companion in a number of different British offshore wind farms.
Floating wind farms are costlier to develop than generators which might be fastened to the seabed however may be positioned in deeper waters.
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