The Norwegian energy company Equinor has cancelled plans for a large floating offshore wind farm in the Norwegian North Sea near Bergen and postponed them indefinitely.
Trollvind
The project, known as Trollvind, envisaged a wind farm with a capacity of 1 gigawatt that would supply the Troll and Oseberg offshore fields (oil and gas) with electricity via an onshore connection point. The concept was based on a ready-to-operate wind farm that would be economically viable well before 2030. Equinor launched the project in June 2022 together with partners Petoro, TotalEnergies, Shell and ConocoPhillips.
Demolition
The reasons for this decision are the challenges facing the project and the entire offshore wind industry. Essentially, it is the technology, which is not yet available in the short term, the ambitious timetable and the significantly rising costs that are diverging like scissors. In short - it involves too many realisation risks and is therefore not yet worthwhile.
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Trollvind was a bold plan to solve the problem of energy supply to oil and gas production facilities. However, Equinor reaffirms its ambition to play a leading role in the development of an offshore wind industry in Norway and beyond. The knowledge and experience gained from the work on Trollvind will be utilised for the development of floating offshore wind turbines.
Source: gCaptain
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