Why ‘floating wind’ is key to the energy transition and how to get it onto the sea quickly

Jul 27, 2021

The world's first full-scale floating wind turbine, Hywind, being assembled in the Åmøy Fjord near Stavanger, Norway in 2009. Image: Lars Christopher

Mo Chatterji

Manager, Kearney

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