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Equinor plans to deploy floating offshore wind to power oil and gas fields

Madeleine Cuff
Madeleine Cuff
clock 30 August 2018 •
The Hywind floating offshore site in Scotland, part-owned by Equinor
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The Hywind floating offshore site in Scotland, part-owned by Equinor

Oil giant formerly known as Statoil reveals plans to install floating turbines to power Norwegian oil fields

Norwegian energy giant Equinor has this week revealed plans to build the first floating offshore wind turbine to supply green electricity to its oil fields on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS), as...

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