Singapore-listed Mooreast has partnered with Bourbon Offshore to provide mooring drag anchors to the 30MW Eolmed offshore floating wind project in the French Mediterranean.
Eolmed is a project developed by Qair in partnership with TotalEnergies and floating technology supplier BW Ideol. Bourbon will provide transport and installation services to the project, which is the biggest of the first three floating wind energy projects to be developed in the country.
The mooring solutions specialist said that the anchors, up to 35 tonnes each, have a holding power of up to 1,210 tonnes and that they would moor three floating wind turbines. The anchors will be manufactured in Singapore and are expected to be delivered by October 2024. This order marks Mooreast’s 15th offshore wind-related project since working on its first such project in 2013.
“The European floating wind energy sector is known for its rigorous standards, and we are proud that Mooreast is able to achieve market acceptance in this region,” said Sim Koon Lam, founder, executive director, CEO, and deputy chairman of Mooreast.
“Already, we are in active discussions with several project developers looking to tap into our expertise and capacity for subsea foundation production. We are establishing a manufacturing facility in Aberdeen, Scotland, in addition to our regional marketing office in the Netherlands,” he added.
