The
pilot,
in
a
57sq-km
site
19km
offshore
in
140-158
metres
of
water,
will
be
built
around
a
quartet
of
second-generation
Hywind
spar-type
hulls
outfitted
with
3MW
turbines.
“On
the
commercial
side,
this
is
one
of
the
biggest
obstacles
[overcome],”
Statoil
project
manager
Kristin
Aamodt
tells
Recharge.
“It
is
a
real
achievement.
“This
project
will
show
that
these
turbines
can
be
deployed
in
a
[wind]
park
setting,
that
you
can
reduce
cost
significantly
from
the
one-off
demo
unit.
It
will
point
the
direction
towards
a
future
cost
of
energy
that
is
competitive
[with…
