Some of the boldest demands and most forward-looking statements at Offshore Wind Energy 2017 in London last week came from oil and gas groups, which are continuing their push into wind at sea.
Royal Dutch Shell’s executive vice president for new energies, Mark Gainsborough, suggested the offshore wind industry should think bigger, and instead of organising the next tranche of tenders driven by 2030 national targets, much bigger projects of up to 10GW should be designed.
