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to make it as simple as possible because we are going to be power to a meaningful grid. So instead of putting them at mobile; and you are not very mobile if it takes a fortune to the dock where you make no money, we have this ? exible establish the solution in each location. arrangement with OKEA and are looking to use Draugon

First, we keep all the transformers on the MOWU itself, as a more ? exible storage area where we can take our units and we step down to the same voltage as the main switchboard when they go from off contract, locating them there for voltage on the host installation in order to keep the modi? ca- a few years until we can bring them onto a new contract. tions to a minimum. But obviously you will have to upgrade That was important to keep up utilization of the units.

and modify your power management system to re? ect this coexistence between the wind power generator and the gas

Sticking on that deal for a moment, we turbine generators, but in general terms, we try to design the noted that it includes an interesting pro- system and integration for minimum required modi? cations.

posal for flexible storage location for your floaters. Can you explain how this works?

You recently signed an agreement with So for example, if we have a client that wants to deploy the Norwegian oil company OKEA to po- one of our MOWUs for a period of six, eight, 10 years, tentially power its giant Draugon platform that means that we can offer to buy it back when the oper- using your MOWUs. Can you share more ating company has ended the production for that speci? c ? eld. They will struggle to ? nd new use for the MOWU in information on this?

We have built rigs for contracts, then the contract ex- their own portfolio. With this ? exible arrangement, we can pires and what do you do if there’s no market? We wanted offer to buy it back and deploy it to Draugon, and then we to counter that risk by having an agreement with an op- continue to produce electricity onto their grid. So that’s erating company, with an asset with a long time horizon, what we mean with the ? exible storage. It’s like a parking where we could move the units. They’re still producing lot for our MOWUs; still making money while parked.

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