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MTRMTR offshore-wind energy.” By early 2020, it ambition of building an offshore wind

Equinor controlled 6.8 gW of installed offshore The European experience in offshore core area on the U.S. East Coast.” Equi- wind capacity. This includes its project energy can be seen in Equinor, which nor is committed to developing the na-

Hornsea One (in the North Sea, owned has been morphing its dominance in tion’s ? rst offshore wind supply chain jointly), 1.2 gW. A follow-on project, North Sea fossil fuels into a leading to support the construction, installation

Hornsea Two (1.4 gW) is expected to presence in wind power. In late 2019, and operation of offshore wind projects, come online in mid-2022. Though these it won a contract to develop what is investing more than $60 million in port mega projects are in European waters, slated to be the world’s largest wind- upgrades in New York that will support the U.S. ? gures prominently in its plans. farm, at 3.6 gW, in the Dogger Bank future offshore wind projects and fur-

Ørsted, in conjunction with U.S. part- ther strengthen the state’s position as the ? eld east of the U.K. Its present port- ners, has stakes in a trio of pending east folio includes Hywind Scotland, a 30 U.S. hub for offshore wind.

coast projects- South Fork (130MW), MW array of ? oating turbines, mirror-

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Revolution Wind (704MW), Sunrise ing oil’s pivot from jack-ups to ? oaters.

Wind (880MW), and- in the mid-Atlan- An important theme among the com-

Equinor’s plans also see a movement tic, Ocean Wind (1.1 gW) and Skipjack across the Atlantic to the U.S. A major panies described here is that of estab- (120MW). Most recently, Coastal Vir- victory was achieved in 2019 when its lished businesses serving offshore oil, ginia Offshore Wind, a small demon- bid to develop a windfarm in the New and transportation, transitioning into the stration project coming online later this York Bight was accepted, setting the newly emerging offshore wind segment. year, sees Ørsted teaming up with Do- stage for the company’s ? rst windfarm Reinauer Marine, a long-time provider minion Energy, in what is expected to be outside of Europe. Its 816 MW Empire of oil products transport along the U.S. the precursor to a massive wind farm off East Coast, made a strategic acquisition

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