The project
The Hywind project involved lifting and mounting five floating offshore wind turbines Saipem has successfully installed for Equinor the world's first floating wind farm located 30 km off the coast of Scotland.
This project is an important step in offshore wind technology, potentially opening new markets for renewable energy production worldwide by making projects feasible even in rough and windy areas with high energy yields.
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An extraordinary project
“A visionary project whose extraordinary innovative engineering can only be surpassed by its future importance for the United Kingdom's energy production”.
The Hywind Scotland project was a great challenge for Saipem and required the search for innovative solutions to allow the lifting and installation on a floating structure of a fully assembled 6 MW Wind Turbine Generator (WTG), and completed using the Saipem 7000, one of the largest naval vessels in the world.
The operations were made possible thanks to the "Stability Frame", a proprietary system developed and manufactured by Saipem specifically for lifting operations, which won the prestigious 2018 IStructE Award in the Extreme Conditions category.
Key takeaways
Saipem’s successful entry into the wind power sector with the HyWind project is proof of its solid vision of the future and its experience, expertise and high engineering potential, which can make it a leader in the renewable energy industry.
