Scottish floating wind farm
Credit: The Independent

Statoil is riding high on performance outcomes during the first three full months of its wind farm production, which exceeded expectations.

This is all about its floating wind farm dubbed Hywind Scotland.

Its location is about 15 miles offshore Peterhead in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The wind farm is powering approximately 20,000 UK households.

Reports highlighted nature’s beasties that set a real challenge. Storm Caroline in December had gusts over 160 km/h, or 100 mph, and waves topping 8.2 meters (27 feet).

How did the wind turbines withstand bad weather conditions?

The turbines shut down for safety during the worst winds, and they automatically resumed.

“A pitch motion controller is integrated with the Hywind turbine‘s control system and will adjust the angle of the turbine blades during heavy winds which mitigates excessive motions of the structure,” said the company.

Operations are by Statoil in partnership with Masdar. The Gulf Today reported that Masdar formed a strategic partnership with Statoil to pursue joint offshore wind projects.

Turning to Masdar, BusinessGreen said Masdar confirmed that the […]