據路透社5月7日奧斯陸報道，挪威國家石油公司(Equinor)和意大利競爭對手埃尼集團(Eni)周四表示，兩家公司計劃合作開發北海浮式風力發電場，作為其在可再生能源生產領域擴張的一部分。

　　挪威政府已在北海的兩個地區指定了高達4.5吉瓦的浮動式和底部固定式風力渦輪機容量，并計劃最遲在下個月向議會提交進一步的細節。

　　Equinor表示，它已經與Vaargroenn（Eni擁有69.6%的股份，挪威HitecVision擁有30.4%的股份）合作，申請在Utsira Nord的海上風電區域，這是政府推廣的兩個地區之一。

　　"北海擁有某些世界上最好的風能資源，"Equinor的新能源解決方案負責人Paal Eitrheim表示。

　　"Utsira Nord的浮式海上風電場可能是下一個規模化的項目，以推動浮式海上風電的工業化，并為挪威工業創造新的機會。"

　　浮式風力發電場的開發成本比固定在海底的渦輪機高，但可以安裝在更深的水域。Equinor已經在蘇格蘭沿海運營了一個這樣的設施，并正在挪威建設一個進一步的試點項目。

　　然而，分析人士表示，若沒有補貼，挪威開發海上浮式風力發電仍無利可圖。

　　Vaargroenn合資公司此前還曾宣布，它正在與挪威南部的公用事業公司Agder Energi合作，在挪威尋求海上風電區域。

　　沈韓曄 摘譯自 路透社

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　　Equinor and Eni to collaborate on floating North Sea wind power

　　Norwegian oil company Equinor and Italian rival Eni plan to collaborate on development of floating wind farms in the North Sea as part of their expansion within renewable energy production, the companies said on Thursday.

　　The Norwegian government has earmarked two areas in the North Sea for up to 4.5 gigawatts of floating and bottom-fixed wind turbine capacity and plans to present further details to parliament no later than next month.

　　Equinor said it had teamed up with Vaargroenn, 69.6% owned by Eni and 30.4% by Norway's HitecVision, to apply for offshore wind acreage at Utsira Nord, one of the two areas promoted by the government.

　　"The North Sea has some of the world's best wind resources," said Paal Eitrheim, Equinor's head of new energy solutions.

　　"A floating offshore wind farm at Utsira Nord could be the next project at scale to drive industrialisation of floating offshore wind and create new opportunities for Norwegian industry."

　　Floating wind farms are more expensive to develop than turbines that are fixed to the seabed but can be located in deeper waters. Equinor already operates one such facility off the coast of Scotland and is building a further pilot project in Norway.

　　However, developing floating offshore wind power in Norway remains unprofitable without subsidies, analysts have said.

　　The Vaargroenn joint venture has also previously announced that it was working with southern Norwegian utility Agder Energi to seek offshore wind acreage in Norway.