Concession for test turbine in Øygarden
Sway AS is granted a licence from the Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate for constructing a test turbine with accompanying infrastructure in Naturgassparken, Øygarden. The turbine will be located at the south of Ljøsøyna, within an area which is regulated for industrial purposes. The wind turbine will have a capacity of 10 MW and a rotor diameter of 145 meters.
A crucial factor for producing floating offshore wind turbines in the future, is to reduce the costs per energy unit. NVE has evaluated Sway's test turbine as an important contribution to approach a technical- economical realization of possible future offshore energyproduction from fixed and floating wind power foundations.
The construction of the prototype will be conditional on financial support from Enova.
Click here to see the announcement from NVE.
Partnership with AREVA-Multibrid
Areva and Sway are pleased to announce their cooperation in offering new solutions to provide technology that makes it possible to exploit offshore winds in deep water for energy production.
Click here to see the press release.
Full scale test licence in Norway
Sway AS has been granted a licence from the Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate for building a floating wind turbine plant for offshore wind power approximately 7 km outside Karmøy on the west coast of Norway. For more information see the press release above.
Sway is seeking a Structural-Mechanical Analysis Engineer.
For more information about the position, click here.
SWAY - Changing the future of Wind Power
SWAY has developed a solution that will overcome the most significant arguments against wind power - lack of economy and disturbance of the landscape. The solution has the potential of securing a number of nations worldwide economical access to an unlimited energy source with no pollution and minimal environmental controversy.
SWAY is a renewable energy company, with world leading technology and competence on floating wind turbines located in deep water.
The patented SWAY® system: Wind turbines that produce power in deepwater locations where the average wind speed is higher and where the location of turbines will be less controversial.
SWAY's technology allows economical extraction of wind power in nations with good wind resources and access to water depths of 80-400m within 50-60km from the coast.
The market potential worldwide is huge and SWAY aims to transform its technological edge to commercial success as the demand for renewable energy rises.
