The launch of a pioneering project called Win-Win in 2013 met with a mixed reaction from the offshore wind sector. The idea being explored by a group of international oil and gas companies led by energy consultancy DNV GL — to hook up floating wind turbines to offshore platforms to replace the gas and diesel generators used to run the pumps squeezing the last hydrocarbons from a reservoir — split opinion.
Will floating wind power help Big Oil crack its 'Kinder Egg'?
IN DEPTH | Floating wind once looked like capturing Big Oil's imagination but not its capital — that's changing, writes Darius Snieckus
28 May 2019 8:26 GMT
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19 March 2020 11:48 GMT
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