What Opportunities Exist for Technology Transfer from Offshore Oil and Gas to the Offshore Wind Industry?

Renewable Energy World: According to the American Oil and Gas Historical Society, the U.S. offshore oil and natural gas industry began in the Pacific Ocean more than 100 years ago. The organization said that it wasn’t until 1947 that a company attempted to drill outside the sight of land. Today, the burgeoning U.S. offshore wind industry is just getting started with a small project off the coast of Rhode Island. Dong Energy, an experienced offshore wind developer in North-western Europe, in February agreed to take over a lease that could potentially lead to more than 1 GW of offshore wind energy capacity off the Atlantic coast.

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