Semco Maritime has set up a new business line focussing on the provision of multiple services for HVDC projects in the offshore wind sector.
The new unit will leverage 20 years of offshore HVAC experience to provide engineering studies, engineering procurement construction services and offshore service and maintenance to the growing HVDC offshore transmission market.
The company said that large-scale offshore wind farms are trending up in size as well as in distance from the connection point onshore and HVDC is increasingly becoming the technically and economically most advantageous power transmission method.
Semco Maritime is investing in a dedicated team fronted by senior HVDC technical manager Marcel Konietzko.
Konietzko said: “We will be engaging with all the stakeholders in the offshore HVDC market such as the owners, fabrication yards, engineering firms, technology providers and will seek to integrate where our team can make a difference.
“We already made a huge difference for HVAC offshore projects, now we aspire to do the same for HVDC.”
Semco Maritime renewables division director of engineering and technology Tommy Flindt said: “We have participated in a few HVDC projects already over the past years and have found a close match to our existing team capabilities and strengths, so we look forward to making a difference for these large offshore transmission projects with our safe, reliable, sustainable and cost-efficient solutions.”
The company’s historic market footprint in offshore wind is focused on HVAC-based offshore substations providing services from engineering/feasibility studies to EPC services, as well as offshore service and maintenance.