offshore industry

Norway must make its oil industry emissions-free, Labor states

Norway should aim to make its oil industry completely emissions-free, the leader of the country’s biggest opposition party stated. The proposal comes to add to the already established Norwegian ambition to reduce the emissions of it oil, its biggest emitter of greenhouse gases, despite the fact that more offshore platforms are getting power from shore instead of burning gas for electricity.

Namely, Labor leader Jonas Gahr Store highlighted during the party’s congress in Oslo, that authorities...

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US offshore wind growth may not be that easy, report says

In recent years the US Department of Energy established an ambitious plan to grow the US offshore wind sector. However, in a new paper, Yale researchers make the case that it might not be as easy as it seems.

The last ten years, wind power production in the US has tripled, becoming the largest source of renewable energy in the country. There are more than 56,800 wind turbines in 41 states and territories, providing more than 6% of the nation’s electricity.

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