据今日油价网站8月16日消息 对许多远距离关注能源转型的人来说，大型石油和可再生能源看起来是极为对立。毕竟，这一转变是大型石油公司数十年来污染活动的结果。然而，大型石油公司很有可能拥有这一转变，以及随之而来的可再生能源未来。
在一个层面上，这纯粹是技术原因。有人可能会认为石油行业和风力发电行业没有任何共同之处，但事实上，正如James Fisher可再生能源公司的Giovanni Corbetta在最近为《世界石油》撰写的一篇文章中所说的那样。
在海上安装风力涡轮机，尤其是在深水中，与安装石油平台，尤其是浮式平台非常相似。Corbetta暗示，如果没有浮式石油平台技术，浮式风力涡轮机技术将是不可能的，他指出，目前在可再生能源领域使用的一些技术源自石油和天然气。
这种联系在大型石油公司迅速进军风力发电领域时表现得尤为明显，当时人们开始感受到它们的碳足迹所带来的压力。大型石油公司着眼于风能，尤其是海上风能。上个月，英国石油公司宣布计划投资近140亿美元（100亿英镑），将苏格兰的阿伯丁建设成为其全球海上风电中心，这是证明两者之间存在着密切联系的最新证据。而且，据该公司称，风电枢纽只是一个开始。
王磊 摘译自 今日油价
原文如下：
Big Oil Will Rule The Energy Transition
Big Oil and renewables look like polar opposites to many who follow the energy transition from a distance. After all, this transition is a response prompted by the decades-long polluting activity of Big Oil. And yet, there is a big chance that Big Oil will own this transition, as well as the renewable future that follows.
On one level, the reason for this is purely technical. One might think that the oil industry and the wind power industry have nothing in common, but in fact, they do, as Giovanni Corbetta from James Fisher Renewables wrote in a recent article for World Oil.
The installation of wind turbines in the sea, especially in deep waters, is pretty similar to installing oil platforms, especially floating platforms. Hinting that floating wind turbine technology would be impossible without floating oil platform technology, Corbetta points out that some technologies now utilized in the renewable energy sector originated in oil and gas.
This connection is evident in Big Oil's quick foray into wind power when pressure began to be felt about their carbon footprints. The supermajors simply felt most comfortable with wind, particularly offshore wind. The latest evidence of this deep connection between the two was BP's announcement last month that it planned to invest close to $14 billion (10 billion pounds) to turn Aberdeen, in Scotland, into its global offshore wind hub. And, according to the company, the wind hub is only the beginning.