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Octopus Energy Invests In Floating Offshore Wind Tech Company

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

This is the sub-heading.

Octopus Energy’s generation arm has invested in US-headquartered Ocergy to boost the development of floating offshore wind farms globally.

These are the first three paragraphs.

According to Octopus, Ocergy has an innovative approach to designing and manufacturing floating foundations, reducing the time and cost of building them.

Ocergy is pioneering a hyper-local supply chain approach, working with local manufacturers and creating green jobs in the areas where the wind turbines are installed, said the company.

Further efficiencies are unlocked through Ocergy’s lighter and modular designs which make the turbine foundations easy to transport and assemble at their final destination, according to the press release.

This page on the Ocergy web site contains the press release, mentioned in the article.

These are some sentences from the press release.

• Ocergy, which is headquartered in the US and has operations in France, is pioneering a hyper-local supply chain approach, working with local manufacturers and creating green jobs in the areas where the turbines are installed.
• Further efficiencies are unlocked through Ocergy’s lighter and modular designs which make the turbine foundations easy to transport and assemble at their final destination.
• Floating foundations are used in areas with coastlines that are too deep for foundations that are fixed to the seabed. Around 80% of global offshore wind resources are located in deep waters, underscoring this technology’s vast untapped potential.
• It comes as governments across the globe have set ambitious targets for floating offshore wind. The UK alone is targeting 5 GW of floating offshore wind capacity by 2030.

I certainly like their approach.

believe that innovative designs and streamlined manufacturing will play a large part in installing the large amount of floating wind, that is planned by governments worldwide.

I also believe that because of the repetitive nature of the building of these floating structures, innovative project management software and systems will be developed.

I certainly have my own ideas for that!

May 1, 2024 - Posted by AnonW | Energy | Floating Wind Power, Innovation, Ocergy, Octopus Energy, Offshore Wind Power, Project Management, Wind Power