This is the world’s first floating wind farm [Mic Archives]

Name: This is the world’s first floating wind farm [Mic Archives]
Uploaded: 2020-06-25T00:00:00+00:00
Duration: 1 min 3 s
Channel: Mic
Description: Hywind Scotland is a first-of-its-kind floating wind farm situated 25 kilometers offshore. It will power about 20,000 households. Floating turbines are needed because 80% of Europe’s wind resources are offshore in water too deep for a pillar to be planted into the seafloor.

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6 years ago

Hywind Scotland is a first-of-its-kind floating wind farm situated 25 kilometers offshore. It will power about 20,000 households. Floating turbines are needed because 80% of Europe’s wind resources are offshore in water too deep for a pillar to be planted into the seafloor.