Hywind Tampen was initially estimated to cost $500 million. But costs soared to $700 million. ... They were then towed out to sea and tethered to the giant suction anchors.

At Hywind Tampen floating wind farm – the deepest of the four existing ones in Europe – the turbines are located approximately 140km offshore in water as deep as 300m.

Hywind Scotland began ... They're held in place using three giant suction anchors, ... which extend 176m (577ft) above the water and 78m (256ft) below it, are then moored to the three anchors.

The anchors for a floating wind farm to be installed in the North Sea off Peterhead are to be constructed at a fabrication yard in the Highlands.

Hywind in particular was built much like a floating offshore oil drilling rig, with the platform anchored down to the seabed using suction anchors.These eliminate the need to construct expensive ...

A deep-water machine from Hywind Tampen, built by state-owned energy giant Equinor. The machines, from afar, look like pinwheels. But up close, they’re enormous: each almost as tall as the ...

The Hywind turbines are floating in water between 95 and 129 m (312 and 423 ft) deep, each one stabilized with three suction anchors. They're all linked together, and the energy they produce is ...

This is the type of anchor used to secure Hywind Scotland. The mooring line for a floating wind turbine at Polarbase, Hammerfest, Norway. Øyvind Gravås and Even Kleppa/Equinor , CC BY-NC-ND ...

Statoil has awarded a contract to Isleburn Limited, part of Global Energy Group, to build 15 suction anchors for the Hywind project. The anchors contract will provide work at Global's yard in Nigg.

An artist's impression of the Hywind floating wind farm The anchors for a floating wind farm to be installed in the North Sea off Peterhead are to be constructed at a fabrication yard in the ...