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Neil Pooran & Peter A Walker

Developer plans North Sea wind turbine network to provide power for oil rigs

An offshore wind developer says it plans to build hundreds of floating turbines in the central North Sea which will power oil and gas rigs.

Cerulean Winds says that the project will lead to a “North Sea renewables grid”, allowing platforms to plug in for renewable electricity.

It will consist of three large sites in the central North Sea, each of which could produce several gigawatts of electricity.

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