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Smarter calculations can cut offshore wind costs further
Green Transition 15 May 2018 Søren Juel Petersen
To optimise the design of wind foundations and turbines, engineers need a platform for fast, robust and cloud-based data storage and execution. Ramboll has teamed up with Google Cloud to improve its in-house wind software in this area.
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