Happy Thursday! It’s hard to believe the week is almost over, so hang in there!
Did anyone happen
to see The Houston Chronicle’s Texas Inc. Section on September 3, 2023, they
reprinted an article from Blomberg titled, “World’s largest floating wind farm
is powering North Sea oil platforms”? In
the article, it speaks how the new clean technology of floating wind farms are making
electricity for five oil platforms for Equinor ASA. The largest floating wind farm is called
Hywind Tampen floating wind farm, and it is generating 88 megawatts for
electricity for the platforms about 90-miles off the coast of Norway in the Gullfaks
and Snorre fields. The wind turbines blades
stretch about 620 feet above the North Sea, and they weigh about 22,000 metric-tons,
and they are operated from an onshore control center in Bergen, Norway. These are just the beginning of the future of
floating wind turbines which are expected to grow to 23.3 gigawatts by 2035 from
the 200 megawatts now in 2023. As for
fixed offshore turbines they are expected to grow to 509 gigawatts in the
future. The floating wind farms have
opened the door for companies to generate electricity in places normally not able
to use clean energy. If you would like to read more of The
Houston Chronicle’s reprinted Bloomberg article on PressReader.com,
please click the link: PressReader.com
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