Together with its partners Trafigura and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, the Wiesbaden-based company has started the Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) phase of a production plant located in the Norwegian Municipality of Sauda.
The 45t of lifting capacity machinery, due for delivery in early Q4 2022, will feature a 326 kWh lithium-ion battery pack covered by a five-year warranty and an expected first life of 10-12 years.
The memorandum of understanding (MoU) will see the latter's rotor sail solution included in the former's integrated power and propulsion systems offering.
A consortium of 11 parties from Denmark, Norway and Sweden, including seaports, will get additional funding of up to NOK3.0m (ca. €300k) to prepare Nordic ports for the expanding offshore wind industry.
