World’s Biggest Floating Offshore Wind Park Powers North Sea Oil

New energy will be used to power old as the world’s biggest floating wind farm sends electricity to major oil fields in the North Sea.

The Hywind Tampen wind park, which officially opened Wednesday, is powering five oil and gas platforms operated by Equinor ASAas the Norwegian energy behemoth grapples with mounting pressure to slash emissions.

More such projects are likely to follow, with European peers Shell Plc and TotalEnergies SE also investing in floating wind. But it’s still a nascent — and expensive — technology, and capacity will continue to be dwarfed by fixed offshore turbines.

The Hywind Tampen wind park in the North Sea.

Photographer: Ole Jorgen Bratland/Equinor