UK-based cable manufacturer JDR is aiming to leverage its global oil and gas experience to take the lead in emerging offshore wind markets around the globe.
The company is targeting new opportunities in Brazil, India and South Korea as well as European growth markets like France and Poland.
“Because of our background we have a large network of customers, stakeholders and supply chain companies that we work with across the globe in different jurisdictions,” JDR chief technology officer James Young (pictured) told reNEWS.
JDR will look to replicate the road it has already taken in the US by combining UK-made wires with the offer of locally-established service bases and engineering services as it chases new work.
The company recently landed deals in Taiwan, where it will supply subsea cabling for Orsted, Macquarie and Swancor’s 120MW Formosa project and Taipower’s 110MW Changhua.
The Taiwanese orders are two from a large backlog that includes array cables for EDPR’s 950MW Moray East off Scotland, Vattenfall’s 600MW Kriegers Flak off Denmark, Otary’s 487MW Seamade project in Belgium and one-third of Orsted’s 1.4GW Hornsea 2 in the UK.
JDR bosses are looking into creating new production lines or adding extra space to increase production volumes at its facilities, said Young.
The recently inked UK offshore wind sector deal may prove a catalyst for new investment, he added.
“With the deal we can start to see a regular pipeline of work and consistent annual demand for our products and services.”
Recent investment in extra storage and offline splicing equipment however means JDR has extra capacity at its Hartlepool and Littleport production facilities, said Young.
The HVDC export technology that will feature during the next wave of UK development will likely push JDR to offer developers new products and services, he added.