French outfit Naval Energies and Japan’s Hitachi Zosen have signed an agreement to expand their collaboration in the area of floating offshore wind projects.
The partners will define their future industrial cooperation in more detail under the memorandum of understanding (MoU).
The MoU is a next step after a feasibility study, part of which was conducted in 2019.
The study concerns the companies’ collaboration to design and build floating wind projects, with a capacity of several hundred megawatts, off Japan’s coast, using Naval Energies’ semi-submersible floating structure.
Hitachi Zosen wind power business general manager Takashi Fujita said: “Among all floating wind energy foundations considered in the world, we consider that Naval Energies’ semi-submersible floater, which has many advantages, one of the best in the market.
“The new agreement will consolidate our cooperation and we hope that Naval Energies and Hitachi Zosen will contribute to the development of the floating wind energy industry in Japan.”
Naval Energies president Laurent Schneider-Maunoury said: “This new agreement is a sign of mutual trust between our two companies, it consolidates our existing cooperation and lays the foundations for a strong partnership for the future of floating wind energy in Japan.
“We are proud to be a partner of Hitachi Zosen, a world-renowned industrial group.”