Danish Firms Maersk & Stiesdal Offshore Partner for Floating Offshore Wind

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A global leader of marine services and integrated solutions to the energy sector, Maersk Supply Service has announced that it has entered into a strategic partnership with Stiesdal Offshore to offer combined solutions to the fast-growing floating offshore wind sector by building on the their individual positions in the industry.

Stiesdal is known for supplying floating offshore wind, energy storage, power-to-X hydrogen production and CO2 storage combined with green fuel production.

Maersk said that floating wind technology is poised for a robust growth in the urgent transition to renewable energy globally. Hence, to accelerate its development, the two Denmark-based firms will combine their respective strengths to create comprehensive and integrated engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) solutions for foundations and moorings. This integrated approach will streamline the value chain, facilitating fast-track installations and ultimately bringing down the levelised costs of floating wind.

Maersk Supply Service will act as lead contractor and key contact for clients on any projects carried out as part of the collaboration, with Stiesdal Offshore acting as a subcontractor to Maersk Supply Service.

The official statement held that Stiesdal Offshore has been developing the innovative Tetra concept, the world’s first fully industrialised floating technology since 2017. Based on factory-made modules assembled in port to form a complete foundation, the Tetra concept reduces manufacturing hours significantly, achieving a lightweight and cost-effective floating foundation. It’s a cost-saving and rationalisation potential of the concept.

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From the EPCI side, Maersk Supply Service has core capabilities rooted in delivering towing and mooring scopes in some of the world’s harshest waters. Maersk held that it would combine its project management expertise, engineering and technical capabilities with a versatile fleet.

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The two companies look to offer full-scope EPCI services to floating wind park developers looking to scale their projects from demonstrations to full commercial operation.

Through pre-existing, fully worked out base solutions, the partnership will allow faster and more robust optimisation for specific project needs and will facilitate shorter overall project durations, reduced working capital cycles, smoother foundation fabrication to installation, and overall reduced risk and improved project delivery.

“With this partnership, we want to offer our customers a combined EPCI solution for floating wind foundation design, fabrication, assembly and installation,” said CEO of Maersk Supply Service, Steen S. Karstensen. “By working closely together with Stiesdal, we want to facilitate this green development – and to accelerate our own journey into floating wind.”

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“Stiesdal has the technologies for developing competitive floating offshore wind on a truly global scale. I am confident that with the combined capabilities of the two companies we can fulfil a significant share of the ambitious targets being set for floating wind in the coming decade,” says Stiesdal CTO Henrik Stiesdal.

Most recently, Maersk Supply Service oversaw and executed the mooring system installation for the Saitec DemoSath floating wind project offshore Bilbao. Stiesdal Offshore is a climate technology company that mainly delves in offshore wind energy, hydrogen and energy storage capabilities.