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

The world's first full-scale floating wind turbine, Hywind, being assembled in the Åmøy Fjord near Stavanger, Norway in 2009, before deployment in the North Sea

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

Rebecca Meier
Senior Consultant, Kearney
Mo Chatterji
Circular Economy Specialist, Kearney
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Floating wind energy has a huge potential to fill the gaps in the energy sectors globally
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Expected floating wind energy cost reductions. Image: Berkeley Lab
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