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EXHIBITION AOG

AOG 2020

Deepwater wind farms take renewable energy of shore.

he global offshore indus- try is diversifying from oil and gas into renewables as cutting-edge technology and

T research has facilitated the installation of wind farms in deep water.

This year’s Australasian Oil and Gas

Exhibition and Conference is set to hear from Dr. Daniel Veen, one of the

Australian experts developing globally signi? cant software capable of inte- grating the systems which underpin giant offshore wind turbines installed at depths greater than 60 meters (m).

Global offshore wind power is pro- jected to grow 15-fold over the next two decades. In December last year

Source: AOG Source: AOG the biggest ? oating turbine in the milestone for the industry. depth. In the case of the Portugal and world, located off the coast of Por-

Most offshore wind turbines are on about a dozen other trial sites, giant tugal, started transmitting electricity to the grid in what was described as a ? xed foundations at less than 60m ? oating turbines have been installed at

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