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PREPARING FOR FLOATING

WIND – LEVERAGING THE

OIL & GAS SUPPLY CHAIN

Examining similarities and differences between the deepwater oil & gas and the emerging ? oating wind segment.

By Philip Lewis, Research Director Intelatus Global Partners here has been much excitement around the poten- ences between the deepwater oil & gas segment and the emerg- tial for the offshore wind industry to access deep- ing ? oating wind segment, concluding with our concern that we er water sites through the deployment of ? oating do not have the right number or the right type of vessels for the wind technology. ef? cient construction of commercial scale ? oating wind farms.

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Further, there has been much discussion around the develop- ment and deployment of disruptive technologies to leverage What does deeper water mean the opportunity of ? oating wind. However, in the short- to when talking about ? oating wind?

medium-term, there is insuf? cient time to mature early-stage The current ? oating wind hotspots are found in the APAC, concepts to the high degree of technical readiness that will sat- European and North American regions.

isfy classi? cation societies, banks, insurance companies and In APAC, we look to China (100 -125 meters), South Ko- others. This means that ? oating wind will need to lean heavily rea (130-275 meters) and Taiwan’s pilot arrays (~100 meters). on the supply chains developed to support the offshore oil & Australia and India hold signi? cant potential, but commis- gas industry. sioning of commercial scale ? oating wind projects is unlikely

In this article we look at some of the similarities and differ- until around the middle of the next decade.

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