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OWC to support Erebus floating project

4C Offshore | Tom Russell
By: Tom Russell 23/03/2020 OWC
Offshore Wind Consultants Ltd (OWC), a wholly owned subsidiary of AqualisBraemar ASA, has entered into a contract to provide engineering services for Simply Blue Energy and Total’s Erebus floating wind project located in the Celtic Sea offshore Wales, UK.

The contract is for a term of approximately three years, and the scope of work includes owner's engineering and project development support, as well as holding the CDM role of Principal Designer. OWC will manage the project out of its headquarters in London.

“As a group we have extensive experience from floating offshore developments as well as offshore wind developments. We will combine this competence to deliver the important engineering role for this exciting and ground-breaking project,”
said Katherine Phillips, director and UK country manager at OWC.

Simply Blue Energy and Total announced their partnership to develop the floating wind project on 19 March 2020, for which an application has already been submitted to the Crown Estate. The project will have a 96 MW capacity and will be installed in an area with a water depth of 70 metres.

The parties are planning to develop the project using Principle Power’s WindFloat technology.WindFloat is a semi-submersible floating foundation with "water entrapment plates" fitted onto the bottom of the three pillars and a static and dynamic ballast system to enable stability.

AqualisBraemar ASA announced this contract, but without disclosing the client and project name, to the Oslo stock exchange on 5 March 2020.


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