Hywind -- StatoilHydro's floating wind turbine

clipped from www.youtube.com World's first floating wind turbine The world's first floating wind turbine has been towed to sea in a pilot project aimed at creating future wind farms miles off shore where the wind can be very strong. clipped from www.statoilhydro.com StatoilHydro has decided to build the world’s first full scale floating wind turbine, Hywind, and test it over a two-year period offshore Karmøy. The The company is investing approximately 400 million NOK. Planned startup is autumn 2009. The HyWind-prototype will be situated 10 km off the west coast of Norway, offshore Karmøy. clipped from www.statoilhydro.com clipped from www.youtube.com clipped from usproxy.bbc.com Floating wind turbines can help shift offshore wind farms out of sight The flotation element stretches 100 metres below the sea surface It is anchored to the seabed in three places It can be moored in waters up to 700 metres deep clipped from news.bbc.co.uk Power: 2.3 megawatt Above sea: 100m Below sea: 100m Today's solutions are too costly as the margins are so much slimmer in this area than in the oil and gas industry Sjur Bratland, Hywind asset manager, StatoilHydro

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