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Navigating the Future of Floating Offshore Wind

March 2024
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The global energy landscape is undergoing a transformation with an increasing demand for clean and renewable energy sources. Wind energy is a crucial player in this transition. The technology that can increasingly contribute to this development is floating offshore wind. This promising technology is key to unlocking the potential of wind energy in deeper waters.
The shift to floating wind turbines is especially evident in countries such as Japan, France, Italy, and the U.S., where utilizing the abundant wind resources in deeper waters with fixed wind turbines is a problem. Europe, with around 80% of its offshore wind resources at depths of more than 60 meters, is at the forefront of the development of floating offshore wind farms, with more than 40 GW of planned capacity by 2035.
Map: Global floating offshore wind capacity by 2040. Europe leads (36.3 GW), followed by APAC (15.5 GW), Americas (11.9 GW).

Key Insights

Integral approach

In order to realize floating wind farms on a commerccial scale, a hollistic approach is necessary. GustoMSC believes that to make these wind farms a commercial success, challenges in terms of technology development, supply chain capacity, and installation and maintenance must be comprehensively addressed.

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”We have been working on the development of floating offshore wind energy for more than ten years. For many countries, building offshore wind projects on the seabed is simply impossible because the seas are too deep. Countries such as Japan, France and the United States therefore depend on floating wind if they want to achieve their renewable energy goals.”

Barend Jenje
Commercial Director Floating Wind

Our solutions

To boost the use of floating wind farms, GustoMSC have developed suitable solutions, such as the Tri-Floater and the Enhydra.

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Below you will find links to our product pages.

Enabling commercial scale development of floating offshore wind farms

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Enhydra FWIV

Subsea construction vessel for floating offshore wind and deepwater field development

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ENSIS Series

A Modular Service and Operations Vessel (MSOV) for the next step in offshore wind farm operations.

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Enhydra MSOV

Semi-submersible Platform Tailored for Mass Production

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Tri-floater

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