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TotalEnergies has launched a floating offshore wind pilot project to supply renewable energy to the Culzean platform in the North Sea, the Paris-based company said Aug. 29.
The project, a 3-megawatt wind turbine, will be located 2 km west of the Culzean gas production platform and is expected to be fully operational by year-end 2025.
The project will supply 20% of Culzean’s power requirements and reduce its greenhouse-gas emissions, TotalEnergies said. The turbine will be installed on a modular, light semi-submersible floater hull designed by offshore company Ocergy.
The project aims to demonstrate hybridization of power generation on an offshore facility, “by integrating the generation of renewable electricity from a floating wind turbine with the existing power generation from gas turbines. It also aims at qualifying a promising floater design for the future of floating offshore wind,” said Marie-Noelle Semeria, CTO at TotalEnergies.
This pilot project was selected in Crown Estate Scotland’s Innovation and Targeted Oil & Gas leasing round.
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