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Technip Energies scores FEED contract for Equinor's floating project

By: Tom Russell 04/04/2022 Technip Energies

General Windfarms

Technip Energies has been selected by Equinor South Korea Co Ltd to perform a Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) for the Firefly floating wind project, located 70 kilometres off the east coast of South Korea.

The FEED contract covers engineering of the floating wind turbine substructures for the proposed 800 MW offshore wind farm. The design of the substructures will include Technip Energies’ in-house floater technology INO15. With a capacity of 15 MW, INO15 technology is a three columns semi-submersible floater which is designed for fabrication in large series. The substructure design is in alignment with Equinor's wind semi design principles.

Willy Gauttier, VP Offshore Floating Wind at Technip Energies, commented: “We are glad to have been awarded this FEED by our long-lasting client Equinor and that the INO15™ floater technology has been selected for the development of the offshore wind farm. It perfectly illustrates that engineering and technology will be key to accelerate the energy transition. Through the Firefly project, we are committed to support Equinor in its objective to reach an installed net renewables capacity of 12-16 gigawatts by 2030.”

The Firefly floating project is planned to be installed in an area of 2 x 75 km2 off the coast of the city of Ulsan in South Korea and will serve to feed the Korean grid. Operations are currently scheduled for 2027.

The 800 MW site is also in the vicinity of Equinor's first offshore wind project in South Korea, Donghae-1, which has a capacity of 200 MW and will recycle an offshore gas substation, its jacket foundation, and subsea pipes. The Donghae-1 project will also feature semi-submersible foundations with offshore construction expected in end-2025/early-2026.

For more information on floating offshore wind farms worldwide, click here.

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