Havfram CEO Odd Strømsnes points to local resistance and limited local value creation as growing obstacles for onshore wind, particularly in Norway, while arguing offshore wind delivers stronger harvests due to higher wind speeds. He frames the energy transition as a competence-driven exercise in which oil-and-gas technologists form the backbone of offshore wind's technology workforce, and stresses that oil-and-gas cash flow remains necessary to finance renewable investments because the world cannot immediately eliminate fossil fuels. The interview also covers transferable skills — vessel operations, integrated project execution, safety culture — and identifies next-generation turbine installation, with nacelles approaching 1,000 tons at heights above 150 metres, as the most technically complex part of offshore wind projects.