Equinor, Wintershall Dea, OMV, and INPEX Idemitsu are working collaboratively with other partners in the development of the Hywind Tampen offshore wind farm in the Norwegian North Sea off the coast of Florø.
The wind farm will consist of 11 wind turbines based on the Hywind technology developed by Equinor. The turbines will have a total capacity of 88 megawatts, capable of meeting about 35% of the annual power demand of the five Snorre A and B, Gullfaks A, B and C platforms.
By reducing the use of gas turbines on the fields the project helps to cut CO2 emissions by more than 200,000 tonnes per year, equivalent to the annual emissions from 100,000 cars.