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Oil and gas majors shelve 1GW floating wind farm off Norway

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Oil and gas majors shelve 1GW floating wind farm off Norway

Fossil fuel giants including Equinor, TotalEnergies and Shell have indefinitely postponed plans for their Trollvind project off Norway – a 1GW floating offshore wind development slated to power North Sea oil and gas platforms.

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