Floating ‘windcatcher’ Power plant with multiple turbines could electrify 80,000 homes
Norway - Windcatcher could produce the same amount of electricity that 25 conventional turbines generate
Norwegian company Wind Catching Systems imagines a floating wind power plant on the sea with multiple turbines forming a grid and churning electricity that could power 80,000 households per offshore wind power structure. The company claims that five units of Windcatcher could produce the same amount of electricity that 25 conventional turbines generate. The Windcatchers could reduce the costs of wind energy to be competitive with traditional grid-supplied electricity.
Recently, Wind Catching Systems has received a second grant from Enova SF, a Norwegian government enterprise, with a total of 0.9 million USD to support the initial implementation of a full-scale Windcatcher. Through the pre-project, Wind Catching Systems is slated to confirm its technology in use and the cost estimates for a full-scale Windcatcher.
'This is the second grant Wind Catching Systems has received from ENOVA. The support from ENOVA is a strong validation of both our technology and our team. We are now fully focused on maturing our technology towards our first offshore installation,' says Ole Heggheim, the CEO of Wind Catching Systems.
With the Windcatcher, a wind power system specifically designed for floating offshore wind, Wind Catching Systems claims that it could solve some of the central challenges facing floating wind: drastically reducing acreage use per MWh of electricity produced while minimizing complexity and cost of operations and maintenance.
Source: Designboom
