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Haewoori Offshore Wind 2 (500MW) and three (500MW), Copenhagen Infrastructure Companion’s floating offshore wind initiatives off the coast of Ulsan, Korea have awarded a front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract to Aker Options and Precept Energy for the floating foundations.
As a part of the scope, Aker Options will coordinate the design and supply of the floating basis constructions required for the Haewoori Offshore Wind mission and carry out the front-Finish Engineering design of the inter-array cable, marshaling port, wind turbine integration, and transport and set up.
Precept Energy will work below subcontract to carry out the design of the floating platforms and mooring system primarily based on its confirmed and bankable WindFloat® expertise. Aker Options may also perform execution planning, and work with Haewoori Offshore Wind to interact with the Korean provide chain to maximise native engagement within the initiatives.
Jonathan Spink, CEO of Haewoori Offshore Wind mentioned: “After a sturdy choice course of, we’re completely happy to collaborate with Aker Options and Precept Energy for the FEED for the supply of floating constructions. The mixed technical experience and know-how of Aker Options and Precept Energy will present us with the capabilities to ship one of many first industrial scale floating wind initiatives on this planet.
“Collectively, we’ll proceed to interact the Korean provide chain to deliver the data from actual deployment expertise, thereby serving to Korea to speed up its floating offshore wind business, whereas decreasing value and threat for these first initiatives.”
Henrik Inadomi, government vice chairman, New Energies at Aker Options mentioned: “At Aker Options, we’re dedicated to working in shut collaboration with prospects and companions to additional strengthen our market providing and speed-up the deployment of offshore wind options. Contributing to a mission of this dimension and scale is a good alternative to show our offshore experience to speed up the event of much-needed initiatives throughout the globe. Working along with Precept Energy, we intention to supply a technically superior providing and assist Haewoori Offshore Wind in realizing these landmark developments.”
Aaron Smith, Chief Industrial Officer at Precept Energy mentioned: “With a powerful wind useful resource, rising vitality wants, and a deep industrial base, Korea is nicely on monitor to changing into the primary market on this planet to deploy floating wind expertise at business scale. The number of Aker Options and Precept Energy, contractors who collectively have been concerned within the design and supply of over 75% of the floating wind initiatives put in thus far, supplies entry to the confirmed WindFloat® expertise and unparalleled capabilities. With these competencies secured, Haewoori Offshore Wind can now concentrate on supporting the size up of the Korean provide chain to ship these floating wind mega initiatives.”
Work will begin instantly on FEED and is because of be accomplished by November 2024.
In regards to the Haewoori Offshore Wind Challenge: Haewoori Offshore Wind is a 1.5GW floating offshore wind mission positioned off the coast of Ulsan, South Korea. Haewoori Offshore Wind is invested and developed by Copenhagen Infrastructure Companions (CIP) by way of its Flagship Fund in collaboration with its improvement and technical companions together with Copenhagen Offshore Companions (COP) and different community firms. As one of many first business scale floating offshore wind initiatives in Korea and in addition globally, Haewoori Offshore Wind is dedicated to assist South Korea’s clear vitality transition and contribute to attaining vitality safety and carbon neutrality by 2050.
About Copenhagen Infrastructure Companions: Copenhagen Infrastructure Companions (CIP) is the world’s largest devoted fund supervisor inside greenfield renewable vitality investments and a world chief in offshore wind. The funds managed by CIP focuses on investments in offshore and onshore wind, photo voltaic PV, biomass and energy-from-waste, transmission and distribution, reserve capability and storage and Energy-to-X. CIP manages twelve funds and has thus far raised roughly EUR 26bn for investments in vitality and related infrastructure from greater than 150 worldwide institutional buyers.For extra data, go to www.cip.com
About Aker Options: Aker Options delivers built-in options, merchandise, and companies to the worldwide vitality business. The corporate allows low-carbon oil and fuel manufacturing and develops renewable options to satisfy future vitality wants. By combining revolutionary digital options and predictable mission execution, Aker Options accelerates the transition to sustainable vitality manufacturing. For extra data, go to www.akersolutions.com.
About Precept Energy: Precept Energy is a pure play international expertise and companies firm for the floating wind vitality market. The corporate’s confirmed WindFloat® product portfolio – consisting of the WindFloat T and WindFloat F – is unlocking offshore wind potential worldwide by enabling initiatives to reap the very best wind useful resource, no matter water depth or seabed situation. Precept Energy acts as a trusted associate to builders, impartial energy producers, utilities and EPCs, supporting its prospects all through your entire lifecycle of their initiatives. With 75 MW of capability already in operation, Precept Energy is now guided by its “300×30” industrialization imaginative and prescient to ship 300 floating wind generators by 2030, propelling the business into the gigawatt scale period. The corporate has secured exclusivity to produce WindFloat® expertise to commercial-scale initiatives in all key floating wind markets totaling 10 GW of initiatives below design contract. Be taught extra at www.principlepower.com
Information courtesy of CIP’s Haewoori Offshore Wind, Aker Options, and Precept Energy (by way of electronic mail)
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