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Malaysian Fabrication Company Enters Offshore Wind Market With IJmuiden Ver Alpha Contract

The title of this post, is the same as that of this article on offshoreWIND.biz.

This is the sub-heading.

Malaysia Marine and Heavy Engineering Holdings Berhad (MHB), through its wholly-owned subsidiary Malaysia Marine and Heavy Engineering (MMHE), has secured a subcontract for its first offshore substation high-voltage direct current (HVDC) platform required for TenneT’s 2 GW offshore wind project in the Netherlands

These two paragraphs outline the project.

The Malaysian contractor confirmed the award from Petrofac on 29 November and said the OSS HVDC platform consists of a topside and jacket for the IJmuiden Ver Alpha project.

The subcontract scope consists of construction engineering, fabrication, mechanical completion, load out and sea fastening, and architectual works on engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) basis.

A third paragraph, indicates, that this contract could be the first of a few.

In addition, the parties will also collaborate towards the possibility of fabrication works for two additional offshore substation units of similar size.

This story illustrates how wind farm developers are looking for more places to build their infrastructure.

In An Elegant Solution, I talked about an idea called a D-Floater. Five are shown being transported in this picture.

The idea is from a Swedish company; Bassoe Technology.

This would enable transport costs from faraway places to be reduced.

Nearer to Europe, the Black Sea ports of the Ukraine could be an ideal place to build infrastructure, as the country used to  have the required skills, ports and steel-making capabilities.

But first Putin must be put back in his box!

November 29, 2023 - Posted by AnonW | Energy | Bassoe Technology, D-Floater, Malaysia, Offshore Wind Power, The Netherlands, Vladimir Putin, Wind Power