HYWIND Acoustic Measurement Report: Ambient Levels and HYWIND Signature
December 2011 — Norway
Client: Equinor ASA (formerly Statoil)
Determining the underwater acoustic signature of a HYWIND Tampen floating wind turbine compared to the ambient background noise at a control site 10 km away. JASCO performed 150 days of monitoring and subsequent analysis to discern noise sources associated with the test turbine installation and its mooring structures.