Nippon Steel Engineering Collaborates with German Company on Offshore Wind Power O&M Business
Scope of domestic offshore wind power generation O&M business
(Source: Nippon Steel Engineering)
Nippon Steel Engineering (Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo) will start an O&M (operation and maintenance) service business for offshore wind farms in Japan. On January 13, the company announced that it has agreed to collaborate with Deutsche Windtechnik Offshore und Consulting, a German O&M service provider, and signed a memorandum of understanding.
The Deutsche Windtechnik Group provides O&M services for wind power generation facilities (offshore and onshore) in 11 countries around the world, mainly in Europe. In particular, we possess technology and know-how related to the operation, inspection, and maintenance of wind turbines, submarine cables, and foundations for offshore wind power generation facilities.In recent years, we have been actively expanding into the Asian region, such as by providing O&M services for the Yunlin offshore wind power generation facility in Taiwan. are making inroads.
In addition to NIPPON STEEL ENGINEERING's large offshore steel structure EPCI (engineering, procurement, construction and installation) business and O&M technology and know-how for various power plants, Deutsche Windtechnik Group's O&M technology and know-how for offshore wind power generation facilities By utilizing this, it will be able to provide competitive and comprehensive O&M services for domestic offshore wind power generation.
Also, on January 18, the company announced that it had agreed to collaborate in the same business with Fukada Salvage Construction (Osaka City) and signed a memorandum of understanding. By enabling preferential use of resources such as various work vessels owned by Fukada Salvage Construction, technology related to their operation, and ship operation management know-how, we will establish a system that can provide flexible and competitive offshore wind power O&M services. To construct.
Nippon Steel Engineering has a wealth of experience in the construction of offshore platforms and large-scale offshore infrastructure for oil and natural gas development in Japan and overseas. Utilizing the technology and know-how related to the construction of large offshore steel structures, we have been developing an EPCI business based on offshore wind turbines since 2010. So far, we have developed Ishikari Bay New Port offshore wind power generation (output 112MW) and Kitakyushu Hibikinada offshore wind power generation (output 220MW). ) received an EPCI contract for a jacket-type foundation. In addition, we have a track record of O&M services at 56 power plants in Japan and Southeast Asia, including onshore wind power, waste power generation, and on-site heat and power supply.
