Portuguese maritime engineering company Etermar has launched a new branch that aims to become a strategic partner for the development of offshore wind projects worldwide.
Etermar Energia has the experience and production capacity in concrete, secondary steel and sea fastening structures.
The company has its own port facilities (pictured) in Setúbal, Portugal, with a construction area of over 17 hectares (42 acres) and plans on expanding in 2026.
Etermar also has the capacity to manufacture and export worldwide with equipment such as 30 cranes, more than 30 operating vessels, and 37 support vessels.
Luís Machado, Etermar Energia’s executive director, said: “We believe that Etermar’s experience, technical capacity, and commitment to innovation, combined with our market knowledge and global network of partners, will make Etermar Energia a leading partner to players in the offshore wind market.”
Etermar Energia is currently a partner in ONDEP, a Horizon Europe-funded project studying how to implement, test and improve the technology for harnessing the potential of wave energy.
The company will cast reinforced concrete floating foundations and manufacture steel structures to be towed to Peniche.
Etermar Energia will also be producing reinforced concrete floaters in a project funded by Next Generation EU, coordinated by the Portuguese Alliance for Energy Transition.
It also maintains an important partnership with ECOncrete to promote the growth of marine species on submerged concrete structures.
The company has established partnerships with over 20 developers from 13 different geographies, and is open to new partnerships and challenges across the globe.