Hywind, worlds first offshore floating windmill (go HQ!)

Technip has been awarded by StatoilHydro an EPCI contract for the Hywind Project substructure wind turbine which will be located offshore Karmøy, Norway, at 200-300 meter water depth. It will be the world's first full scale offshore floating wind turbine (FTW).
Installation is scheduled for autumn 2009.
This 3D animation was made during work on the installation procedures by Itero, for Technip and StatoilHydro.

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[eiler10]

Animation is modeled and rendered in MAX/Dreamscape for all those who wonder.

[drford316]

@eiler10 Who did the Animation?

[eiler10]

@drford316: I did the animation for Technip/Statoil

[nesheimivar]

@eiler10 Var det nødvendig å legge måker på lydsporet?

[eiler10]

@nesheimivar Nei, hadde veldig begrenset med lydspor

[eiler10]

robbo33kv:

..well, this is exactly how it was (successfully) installed. As the structure parts were installed safely inside the fjord, in good conditions, it all worked perfectly. Of course, for a production line installation of later FTWs, optimisation will be required.

[gloves1212]

I can't wait until it is up and running! I agree, well done animation - a lot of effort went into this.

[T3Racer]

This animation was excellent, really cool and informative.

Keep up the good work :-)

[sidmalik14]

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[drford316]

Who did the Animation?

[toob247]

well done

[mophucka]

@alpemay

I'm guessing it was created using Autodesk Inventor, I had the opportunity to work with Technip last summer and we used it to create these types of animations.