Offshore staff
STAVANGER, Norway – The Norwegian Trade and Industry Minister Iselin Nybø has pledged financial support of NOK82.7 million ($9.57 million) for the country’s Ocean Grid project, via the Green Platform scheme.
According to Equinor, the intention is to develop new technology, knowledge, and solutions to enable profitable development of offshore wind on the Norwegian continental shelf.
The program will assess the way offshore wind will be connected to the country’s grid via bottom-fixed and floating wind farms, and will seek in the long term to further the creation of jobs and increased export revenues.
In addition, the project partners will contribute financially, boosting the total fund for development of the offshore grid to NOK125.5 million ($14.52 million).
The supply industry and energy companies will participate, alongside research institutions, in the three-year project.
Florian Schuchert, vice president of offshore wind solutions at Equinor, which is leading the project, said: “Our objective is to realize offshore wind on a large scale. We have to build wind farms in a cost-effective way, and we of course need to get the power all the way to the customers.”
The Ocean Grid project will also address market design and the regulatory framework linked to development and operation of an offshore grid to connect large offshore wind farms.
It will promote development of Norwegian technology and a supply industry to provide new cable designs, subsea technology and floating converter stations, with SINTEF in Trondheim assigned specific research challenges.
09/03/2021
