Irish floating wind developer Simply Blue Group has signed a memorandum of understanding with Spanish companies Proes Consultores and FF New Energy Venture to explore projects in Iberian waters.
The partners said they have over 2GW of potential opportunities on the books off Spain and Portugal.
Proes Consultores is the engineering division of Amper Group, a technological conglomerate providing engineering, industrial and technological solutions and FF NEV is a renewable energy developer.
Simply Blue market development director Adrian De Andres said: “As leaders in floating offshore wind we believe we can bring our extensive experience to the Spanish and Portuguese market in terms of lessons learnt from our early floating wind projects in the UK and Ireland.
“We look forward to working alongside Proes Consultores and FF NEV to explore these opportunities in Spain and Portugal. The Spanish marine energy roadmap highlighted supply chain development as a key area of opportunity for Spain and the potential growth of local jobs and within this consortium we are focusing on this topic since the early stages”
Ignacio Sanchidrián Executive General Manager of Proes Consultores, added: “At Proes, we believe that renewable energy, and floating offshore wind has a key role to play in our growth strategy.
“Within our organisation we have broad expertise in coastal engineering, renewable energy, and environmental impact assessment. In Proes, we have participated in some of the pioneering offshore wind projects in the North of Europe we believe we have a lot to bring to this consortium for the development of opportunities in our home market, Spain.”