Norway: Equinor to explore the opportunities within offshore solar power
14 Jan 2021
offshore solar power. Together with
Moss Maritime the company wants to start testing off the island of Frøya. If we succeed here, we can succeed anywhere, says Hanne Wigum. She is the head of the Equinor technology unit focusing on wind and solar power.
This is what the pilot plant may look like. (Illustration: Moss Maritime)
The plan is to build a floating pilot plant off Frøya near Trondheim in the late summer of 2021. It is set to become the world’s first pilot plant for floating solar power in rough waters.
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Norwegian energy producer Equinor is taking on a project to test floating solar power off the not-so-sunny coast of Norway.
Equinor announced Thursday that it has partnered with Moss Maritime to start testing a floating solar farm off Frøya Island, located only about 200 miles south of the Arctic Circle along the western coast of the country.
“If we succeed here, we can succeed anywhere,” says Hanne Wigum, head of the company’s technology unit focusing on wind and solar power.
Planned to measure 80 square meters, the plant will be less than 3 meters above the surface at its highest point and, according to plans, it will be tested for a minimum of 1 year. Any power produced will be transmitted to the Frøya power grid.
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OSLO (Reuters) - Norwegian oil and gas firm Equinor will build a pilot plant for floating solar power off the Norwegian coast which is expected to come online in the second half of 2021, the firm said on Thursday.
Set to become the world s first such pilot located in rough waters, the project, located off the island Froeya near Trondheim, is a collaboration with technology company Moss Maritime.
The plant would be tested for a minimum of one year from late summer in the Northern hemisphere of 2021, Equinor added. If we succeed here, we can succeed anywhere, said Hanne Wigum, head of Equinor s technology unit for wind and solar power.
Equinor, Moss Maritime to test floating solar generation offshore Norway 1/14/2021
Rendering of Equinor s offshore solar project
OSLO - Equinor is already an offshore wind major. Now the company will explore the opportunities within offshore solar power. Together with Moss Maritime the company wants to start testing off the island of Frøya.
âIf we succeed here, we can succeed anywhere,â says Hanne Wigum. She is the head of the Equinor technology unit focusing on wind and solar power.
The plan is to build a floating pilot plant off Frøya near Trondheim in the late summer of 2021. It is set to become the worldâs first pilot plant for floating solar power in rough waters.
Equinor working with Moss Maritime to start testing floating solar in the ocean off the island of Froya, off Trondheim in Norway.
The partnership will build the floating solar pilot plant in the late summer of 2021, making it the first of its kind to be situated in rough waters.
“If we succeed here, we can succeed anywhere,” says Hanne Wigum, Equinor wind and solar technology unit head.
The municipality of Froya has been positive to and is involved in the planning of the pilot plant, Equinor said.
The offshore wind developer has filed an application with the Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate.