Sep 9, 2026 · 26 min · 7 segments
After a rough ride into the North Sea, reNEWS Editor Stephen Dunne talks to Flotation Energy about how it is applying learnings from the 50MW Kincardine floating wind farm off Aberdeen to its planned…
Stephen DunneHost
Luke ClarkGuest
Keith JohnstonGuest
Graham RogersonGuest
It's, um, had a number of worlds first for change out of, uh, generator parts, main generators.
I would say it has shown that it can be done at scale, maybe not industrial scale.
... there's been a lot of well-publicized big work done on Kincardine, uh, for various different reasons.
Well, how you'll mitigate it is this is one of the first times that, um, you know, a number of the turbines have been used offshore on a floating, uh, floating substructures, so you're bound to see like a higher wear and tear.
You know, you learn a lot of what goes on internally within these things on, you know, on- when they're first deployed.
Um, you're not gonna be seeing the same, uh, level of attrition or issues at, you know, an industrial scale 'cause of the learnings that we're making from, from units like Kincardine.
What will be the biggest challenge, do you think? Will it be that operational O&M period for the big projects? Will it be-
It's, um, had a number of worlds first for change out of, uh, generator parts, main generators.
I would say it has shown that it can be done at scale, maybe not industrial scale.
... there's been a lot of well-publicized big work done on Kincardine, uh, for various different reasons.
Well, how you'll mitigate it is this is one of the first times that, um, you know, a number of the turbines have been used offshore on a floating, uh, floating substructures, so you're bound to see like a higher wear and tear.
You know, you learn a lot of what goes on internally within these things on, you know, on- when they're first deployed.
Um, you're not gonna be seeing the same, uh, level of attrition or issues at, you know, an industrial scale 'cause of the learnings that we're making from, from units like Kincardine.
What will be the biggest challenge, do you think? Will it be that operational O&M period for the big projects? Will it be-
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