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World Wide Wind and Hydro investigate using aluminium floating turbines

By: Tom Russell 06/01/2023 World Wide Wind AS

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Hydro and World Wide Wind AS have signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) to explore the use of aluminium in the wind industry. The two Norwegian companies are partnering up to develop floating wind turbines with a design specifically meant for offshore conditions. The goal is to use sustainable and recyclable materials in the construction, including aluminium.

The collaboration comprises detailing of turbine design including the use of aluminium, the production of prototypes and building a consortium of industrial partners.

"Today, wind turbines used for offshore floating wind have more or less the same design as turbines meant for landbased wind. In effect we are moving a land-based technology offshore. In World Wide Wind we are developing a new type of floating wind turbine for deep waters, with significant benefits relative to current technology in terms of energy production, cost, scalability, and environmental footprint. The new design gives us an opportunity to use aluminium components in parts of the wind turbine structure," said Trond Lutdal, CEO of World Wide Wind.

"Having Hydro as a partner in developing our turbine using sustainable materials as aluminium, is a big step forward for us. Use of local content will be part of our common strategy going forward," he said.

"Hydro sees the potential for increased aluminium in many industries, incl. wind power. For Hydro this is an entry into the wind turbine production chain and at the same time we are strengthening our position within renewable energy," said Trond Furu, Research Manager at Norsk Hydro Corporate Technology.

Each party will assign resources to form a collaboration team, who will plan and detail relevant activities and actions.

World Wide Wind is developing an integrated floating wind turbines which is claims are scalable up to 40 MW and will use less materials and have a smaller CO2 footprint than conventional turbines. It consists of two counter-rotating turbines with no nacelle, gear or cooling.

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