Norway rides high-tech tailwind into floating offshore wind future
Page date: published 29 September 2022; updated 30 September 2026; 5 min read (as rendered).
The page presents Hywind Tampen as a floating wind project powering the Snorre and Gullfaks offshore fields, and says it is intended to reduce gas-turbine use and annual emissions by 200,000 tonnes of CO₂ and 1,000 tonnes of NOx. It situates the project within Norway’s earlier floating-wind developments Hywind Demo and Hywind Scotland. The page’s claims that Hywind Tampen was due to provide nearly half of global floating-wind capacity and its operational status reflect the article’s 2022 context; the update stamp does not establish that every statement was refreshed.
Norwegian supply-chain examples include Semar and DOF Subsea’s Hywind Tampen tow and hook-up work; Windport’s ambition to provide low-emission port services; Fred. Olsen 1848’s Mobile Port Solution and floating foundation concepts; GeoProvider’s seismic and data analysis; Nekkar’s SkyWalker installation robot; Spoor’s AI bird monitoring; and Uptime International’s smart gangway. The article also describes Semar’s Honeymooring system and the OO-STAR semi-submersible substructure concept, plus Ulstein hybrid hydrogen vessel designs.
The Marine Energy Test Centre (METCentre), Norwegian Energy Partners (NORWEP) and Norwegian Offshore Wind are described as part of Norway’s collaboration ecosystem. The article repeats a forecast of large floating-wind job creation and market share, which should be read as projection rather than realized result.
Related links: Energy; Offshore wind.