Norwegian company Kongsberg Maritime is to supply positioning and monitoring equipment to Equinor’s 88MW Hywind Tampen floating offshore wind farm off Norway.
The deal is part of a contract with industrial solutions provider Wood, Kongsberg said.
The company said it will supply technologies from its existing offshore product portfolio to meet the specific challenges posed by the wind farm operating in a challenging and sometimes hostile environment.
It said the core to this product delivery is its DPS position reference system and Motion Reference Unit (MRU).
The DPS exploits all available GNSS infrastructure to deliver continuously available, reliable position information, Kongsberg said.
It will help to ensure secure, safe and optimal positioning for each unit within the wind farm.
The MRU will check roll, pitch, yaw and heave motion, informing the blade trimming system to ensure that the turbine is not overloaded in strong winds and thus likely to become unstable, the company said.
Kongsberg Seatex vice president sales and customer support Vidar Bjorkedal said: “We are delighted to be involved with this innovative project.
“Kongsberg Maritime’s offshore positioning portfolio leads the market, and it is a testament to the versatility of these existing technologies that they are being shown to be optimal for use in a range of diverse applications, including wind farms.”