Explainer: How viable are floating offshore windfarms?

        July 28, 2017 RenewEconomy | Global | renewables: wind

Statoil announced it is installing the world’s first floating windfarm off the coast of Peterhead, Scotland. The 30-MW Hywind pilot farm will employ 5 6-MW Siemens Gamesa turbines. Floating farms offer advantages over fixed turbines: deeper waters with stronger and less variable winds, onshore construction, less wildlife impact. But costs are still high.