U.S. Floating Offshore Wind Capacity Growing, with API Collaborating on Safety

The Biden administration has tacked another 15 GW of floating offshore wind capacity to its clean energy goals, as the American Petroleum Institute (API) inked a preliminary agreement with the Offshore Operators Committee (OOC) to develop safety management systems (SMS). 

With “decades of offshore operating experience under highly technical and complex conditions” under its belt, the natural gas and oil industry’s move to provide guidance to the wind sector is a “natural progression,” said API’s Anchal Liddar, senior vice president of global industry services. 

Applying “this expertise to the wind sector reinforces API’s leadership in developing standards to ensure safe and environmentally conscious operations across the broader energy industry.”

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