The wake-up call experienced in recent years by the offshore oil & gas industry represents a gift to offshore wind by way of lessons learned in terms of costs, technology and standardisation. Inflated costs, combined with a falling oil price, paralysed projects, forcing a reassessment of a cost base that was no longer sustainable and ignited a wave of innovation for technology and business models.
'FPSOs can be a model for floating wind'
OPINION | The modularity and flexibility pioneered in floating production units for offshore oil & gas can help the wind sector reap the same benefits, writes Joost Heemskerk
21 April 2018 22:00 GMT
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3 May 2018 11:42 GMT
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