Planning Consent Awarded

regulatory

Unitech Zefyros

January 2005

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Event Details

Event Type:Planning Consent Awarded

Category:regulatory

Date:January 2005

Date Precision:month

Event Signals

Positive

Project advancing - milestone achieved

High Impact

Major milestone or critical setback

Regulatory Details

Authority:Norwegian Government (with coordination between NVE, Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries and Norwegian Environment Agency)

Permit Type:Consent authorization for the Hywind Demo floating offshore wind turbine project at METCentre

Description

In January 2005, the Norwegian Government granted consent authorization for the Hywind Demo project (now Unitech Zefyros), allowing installation of the world’s first floating offshore wind turbine at the METCentre test site off Karmøy, Norway, following a multi‑agency consenting process.