US advances Statoil's Hywind floating offshore wind plan

The Hywind 1 floating turbine is towed to its test site off Karmøy, Norway

The US government is inviting other companies to register their interest in developing wind power offshore of Maine, as it kicks off a key consultation period for a floating turbine project proposed by Norway’s Statoil.

Statoil North America last November applied for a commercial lease to build a four-turbine, 12MW pilot of its Hywind floating offshore concept about 22km from the US state’s coastline.

The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will now open a 60-day Request for Interest (RFI) process to see if other developers are interested in constructing wind-power facilities in the same 57 sq km zone for which Statoil is seeking a lease.

BOEM – part of the US Interior Department – says this will help it “determine whether to proceed with Log in to read complete article.

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