Coordinates: 57°29′N 01°21′W

Hywind Scotland
Hywind Scotland is the world's first commercial
wind farm using floating wind turbines, situated 29 Hywind Scotland
kilometres (18 mi) off Peterhead, Scotland. The farm
has five 6 MW Hywind floating turbines with a total
capacity of 30 MW.[1] It is operated by Hywind
(Scotland) Limited, a joint venture of Equinor (75%)
and Masdar (25%).[2]

Equinor (then: Statoil) launched the world's first

operational deep-water floating large-capacity wind
turbine, Hywind, in 2009.[3] The 120 metres (390 ft)
tall tower with a 2.3 MW turbine was towed 10 Wikimedia | © OpenStreetMap
kilometres (6.2 mi) offshore into the Amoy Fjord in 220
Country Scotland, United
metres (720 ft) deep water, off of Stavanger, Norway on
Kingdom
9 June 2009 for a two-year test run.[4]
Location Scotland, Grampian
In 2015, the company received permission to install the 57°29′N 01°21′W
Coordinates
wind farm in Scotland. Manufacturing for the
NOK2 billion (£152m) project started in 2016 in Spain, Status Operational
Norway and Scotland. The turbines were assembled at Construction began 2016
Stord in Norway in summer 2017 using the Saipem
Commission date October 2017
7000 floating crane, and the finished turbines were
moved to near Peterhead.[5][6][7] Three suction anchors Construction cost NOK2 billion (£152m)
hold each turbine.[8] Hywind Scotland was Owner(s) Equinor (75%)
commissioned in October 2017.[9][10][11] Masdar (25%)
Operator(s) Hywind (Scotland)
In its first two years of operation the facility has
Limited
averaged a capacity factor in excess of 50%.[12][13]
Wind farm

See also Type Offshore

Max. water depth 95–120 m (312–394 ft)
Offshore wind power
Distance from shore 25 km (16 mi)
Hub height 101 m (331 ft)
References
Rotor diameter 154 m (505 ft)
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World's First Floating Wind Farm, Performing Better Site area 15 km2 (5.8 sq mi)
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performing-better-expected/). CleanTechnica.
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Hywind Scotland operational data - equinor.com" (h
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from the original on April 18, 2020.

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