News of Orsted’s plans to partner with Fred Olsen in bidding for deepwater acreage soon to be tendered by the Norwegian government as part of its flagship offshore wind leasing round has underscored a clear shift in attitude at the Danish utility, which while the sector’s global pacesetter with a target of having 15GW of projects online by 2025, has historically shunned floating technologies in favour of bottom-fixed.
'We absolutely see floating wind as complimentary to fixed in our core plays': Orsted Europe chief
The Danish offshore wind pacesetter is the latest convert to floating technologies, with plans to bring its industrial weight and experience to bear on first commercial tenders, its SVP for continental Europe, Rasmus Errboe, tells Recharge
15 June 2021 6:49 GMT
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15 June 2021 9:37 GMT
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