# Offshore wind: Relationships

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_offshore_wind/links/

Every element and industry that Offshore wind is linked to, and how. Each pair has its own card explaining the relationships between the two.

- [Steel](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/offshore-wind-and-steel/): Offshore wind is built largely of heavy steel plate: monopile foundations alone take around 200 t per MW, and foundations and towers were put at about a quarter of capital cost in 2021. That makes the industry a major plate customer and exposed to steel and supply chain inflation, as the 2023 cancellations showed. *(researched)*
- [Underground, submarine and superconducting cables](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/offshore-wind-and-underground-submarine-and-superconducting-cables/): Every megawatt-hour from an offshore wind farm reaches land through subsea export cables, so a few cable makers with factories booked into the late 2020s, and the risk of a single cable fault, set how fast and how reliably offshore wind can grow. *(researched)*
- [Copper](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/copper-and-offshore-wind/): Offshore wind needs copper; their prices have moved together.
- [HVDC links](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/hvdc-links-and-offshore-wind/): Energy flows from offshore wind to HVDC links; their prices have moved together.
- [Electrolysers](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/electrolysers-and-offshore-wind/): Energy flows from offshore wind to electrolysers.
- [Natural gas](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/natural-gas-and-offshore-wind/): Their prices have moved together.
- [Rare earths](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/offshore-wind-and-rare-earths/): Offshore wind needs rare earths.
- [Ship propulsion](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/offshore-wind-and-ship-propulsion/): Their prices have moved together.
- [Transformers and power electronics](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/offshore-wind-and-transformers-and-power-electronics/): Energy flows from offshore wind to transformers and power electronics.
- [Wind](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/offshore-wind-and-wind/): Energy flows from wind to offshore wind.

## Other sections

- [Summary](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_offshore_wind/index.md)
- [Overview](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_offshore_wind/overview/index.md)
- [Correlation](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_offshore_wind/correlation/index.md)
- [Efficiency](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_offshore_wind/efficiency/index.md)
- [Techniques](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_offshore_wind/techniques/index.md)
- [Resources and labour](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_offshore_wind/resources/index.md)
- [Impact on the biosphere](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_offshore_wind/biosphere/index.md)