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INTERVIEW PER LUND, CEO, ODFJELL OCEANWIND “The concept of a multi- location design that c can be rede ep ployed proves very attra active, and it’s kind of a circul l l la ar e e e e ec c c co o o on no o o om m m m my y y y y a a ap p p p pp p p p pr r r r ro o o o oa a a a ac c c c ch h h h h, , , , , w w w w wh h h h hi i i i ic c c c ch h h h h i i i i is s s s s n n n n ne e e e e ew w w w w t t t t to o o o o t t t t th h h h h he e e e e o o o o oi i i i il l l l l l a a a a an n n n n nd d d d d d g g g g g ga a a a a as s s s s s b b b b b bu u u u u us s s s s si i i i in n n n n ne e e e e es s s s s ss s s s s s. .” ” ” ” ” ”

All images: Odfjell Oceanwind power. The WindGrid provides suf? cient stiffness to the [Odfjell Drilling] experience, all the harsh environment, power grid to maintain grid stability when we are running all the engineering expertise, when it comes to all facets purely on wind power, and that enables us to stop the gas of designing, owning, operating harsh environments, steel turbine generators in periods with suf? cient wind power structures. So we can piggyback on all that learning.

generation. And equally when the wind stops blowing, or

What are the financial drivers to adopt if we have a failure on the wind turbine generator, we have this technology?

suf? cient energy stored to buy us time to start up the gas turbine generator again. The WindGrid enables ef? cient, In Norway, the authorities have said that the companies cooperation between the gas turbine generator and the that emit pay high CO2 taxation. The intention is to create wind turbine generator, meaning we are able to increase a positive business case for making these investments. So in the emission reductions from what you typically see if you Norway, there is a ? nancial framework for lifting these kind purely connect the wind turbine generator to grid. of investments. In the U.K., for example, they don’t have

When we add the wind with module, we see that we the same tradition for high emission fees. They do have the can get it up to 60 to 70% reduced emissions or reduced ETS quota system, but they don’t have a CO2 taxation. So fuel consumption. this varies a bit (by geographic region). We are Norwegian, we like the Norwegian model, we see that it works.

Can you discuss the relationship at the moment with Odfjell Drilling? Let’s look at your solution, the MOWU, the rigs in particular. What modifications are

The whole reason we chose to invest in OceanWind was required aboard the rigs and platforms to that we already had the vision with Odfjell Drilling to be make the MOWU connection?

able to drill wells with zero emission, and having MOWUs was one way for us to get there. We have access to all the That can be a bottleneck, so with our concept we tried 34 OFFSHORE ENGINEER OEDIGITAL.COM