Marine Power Systems has chosen TSC to design and develop its unique tensioner deployment system, to be used on a megawatt scale floating commercial demonstrator (pictured) at BiMEP in northern Spain.
TSC UK, a wholly owned subsidiary of CMIC, provides high-end equipment manufacturing for offshore engineering projects.
Marine Power Systems’ deployment system is used to execute the submersion of the platform and hook-up to the moorings when the platform is on site.
The system simplifies the hook-up process and eliminates the need for large and specialist vessels for the deployment, Marine Power said.
It also improves the safety of installation with the whole operation controlled remotely with no personnel onboard during the tensioning operation, it added.
The system is removable and once a platform is fully deployed it is removed and utilised on the next platform being installed at the site, according to the company.
Marine Power Systems chief technology officer Graham Foster said: “We are continuing to build our best-in- class team here at Marine Power Systems.
“Our partners and suppliers are very much part of that team and this latest collaboration with the team at TSC brings invaluable experience in equipment design and complex offshore engineering projects.”
CMIC Group chief executive Bing Hua Jiang said: “This marks a significant milestone for the successful entry of CMIC’s offshore wind power technology into the global market.
“We are delighted to be awarded this contract to supply this unique tensioner deployment system to MPS and we highly value this opportunity to work with MPS, who we see as one of the most innovative and revolutionary companies in harnessing wind and wave energy.”