BBC NEWS | Business | Floating wind turbine launched
By Jorn Madslien
Business reporter, BBC NewsHywind wind turbine. Photo Hilde Bjelland Vik/Statoil
Floating wind turbines can help shift offshore wind farms out of sightThe world’s first floating wind turbine is to be towed out to sea this weekend.
Statoil’s Alexandra Beck Gjorv told the BBC the technology, the Hywind, to be put off Norway’s coast – “should help move offshore wind farms out of sight”.
And it could lead to offshore wind farms eventually being located many miles offshore, away from areas where they cause disruption, Ms Gjorv added.
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