The twocompanies entered into a cooperation deal last November to flesh out a versionof the slimline floating turbine concept – a 2.3MW prototype of which has beenproducing off Norway since 2009 – that would be purpose-built for Japan's deepwaters.
"Ourintention with the cooperation is to see how our extensive data collectionprogram from the Hywind demo, and our technology on turbine positioning andmonitoring the operations, can be utilised on floating structures in thefuture," a Statoil spokesman tells Recharge.
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