That puts Accenture in a stronger position to capture a larger chunk of offshore technology projects funded by American companies.
Softtek positions itself as the "near-shore" answer to India's offshore information-technology service providers, more convenient than India because Mexico is within U.S. time zones and is a much shorter flight than to India.
REpower's offshore-turbine technology with its own cheap components.
New technology allowed offshore drilling to be conducted off the coasts Britain, Norway, and the United States, in addition to the tapping of the tar sands of Alberta and Mexico.
Technology allows firms to offshore back-office tasks, for instance, or replace cashiers with automated kiosks.
Five of the top 10 companies with the biggest offshore cash balances are in the technology sector.
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It would appear that you need to get approval for each piece of such technology that is moved offshore.
Venezuela lacks the investment and technology to develop its offshore deposits, but international energy companies have been reluctant to invest in a Chavez-run Venezuela.
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"I expect this to lay the foundation for future success by establishing offshore wind as a dependable and environmentally friendly technology, " Mr Battle said.
Based in Tel Aviv, six-year-old Ness Technologies is a small but rapidly growing IT outsourcer, specializing in offshore development to support a wide range of technology needs for its business customers.
At a more fundamental level, turbine technology must be developed specifically for far offshore conditions, he insists.
It needs offshore oil and gas companies to get involved with skills and technology they can transfer into marine power.
The Scottish government said the centre would allow offshore wind developers and supply chain companies to test "cutting edge" wind technology before its commercial deployment.
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In the review of the 2010 outlook published in November of that year, the updated averaged capital costs for deploying onshore wind power technology were seen to have increased by 21%, while those for offshore deployment went up by 50%.
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Brian figured that if he could solve the technology and logistics problems required to anchor a fish farm 10 or 20 miles offshore, where swift currents carry away and disperse the waste produced by concentrated fish stocks, it would allow the farmed fish to swim in the same fresh water as their wild cousins-the best of both worlds.
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Offshore wind power has historically played second fiddle to onshore wind projects as a result of higher costs and technology constraints.
The two companies have a technology-sharing alliance, a pact to cooperate on biofuels development and joint ventures to develop offshore fields.
Statoil's Alexandra Beck Gjorv told the BBC the technology, the Hywind, to be put off Norway's coast - "should help move offshore wind farms out of sight".
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