Offshore staff
LYSAKER, Norway – Aker Solutions, DeepOcean Norway AS, and Solstad Offshore ASA have created the Windstaller Alliance.
The new partnership aims to provide the most cost-efficient and complete product supply, fabrication and marine services offering within offshore wind. It will also pursue other offshore renewables segments.
The Windstaller Alliance is expected to form an integrated and highly flexible one-stop-shop provider. It will be able to offer product deliveries, fabrication services as well as marine and subsea operations and associated engineering services.
Guro Høyaas Løken, Head of the Windstaller Alliance, said: “Today’s supply chain for the offshore renewables market is highly fragmented and, in our view, sub-optimal in terms of efficiency, cost, risk and environmental footprint. Windstaller Alliance is able to take an integrated approach where appropriate, while unlocking value for both operators and suppliers, at the same time reducing the total carbon footprint of offshore renewable projects.”
The partnership aims to cut the amount of supplier interfaces, thereby reducing technical and commercial project risk as well as execution time through better integration of services, project management, and maritime asset utilization.
The alliance members will cooperate to jointly identify market opportunities and agree on a case-by-case basis which prospects and solutions to pursue. The exact execution scope and cooperation model on a specific project will be set up based on client preferences and market conditions.
This will be a non-incorporated, asset light alliance, with no joint ownership or liabilities for vessels or other assets, except for specifically agreed projects.
10/14/2021
