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PRODUCTS AND TECHNOLOGY

APOLLO

ENCOMARA GUSTOMSC

The certifcation comes ahead of a series of onshore

Encomara Secures ABS Approval for Floating demonstrations scheduled for July at the Aurora Energy

Wind Installation Tech

Scottish foating wind technology developer Encomara Services (AES) facility in Huntly, Scotland, followed by inshore testing and customer demonstrations at Arder- has received Product Design Assessment (PDA) approv- al from the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) for its sier in August.

Squid foating offshore wind installation system.

GustoMSC Presents New Jacking Technology for

The PDA follows Approval in Principle (AiP) grant-

Ofshore Wind Vessels ed by ABS in November 2025 and represents the next

GustoMSC, NOV’s offshore design and engineering stage in the qualifcation process for the system, which is designed to simplify the installation of foating offshore business, has developed a new asymmetrical rack-and- wind turbines as the company advances the technology pinion technology designed to increase the jacking ca- pacity of offshore wind installation vessels without in- toward commercial deployment.

creasing vessel size, weight or system complexity.

Encomara's patented Squid technology integrates pre-

The patent-pending asymmetrical rack-and-pinion installed mooring lines and electrical connections into a (ASYM R&P) technology builds on the company’s ex- single subsea unit. isting rack-and-pinion jacking systems and is designed

The system enables subsea infrastructure to be in- stalled in advance, allowing floating wind turbines to to improve load distribution within the existing system architecture, allowing more effcient use of structural ca- be connected through a simplified ‘plug-and-play’ pro- pacity within the same vessel footprint.

cess.

The technology is aimed at addressing increasing in-

According to modelling studies supported by Scot- tish Enterprise and offshore wind developers, the stallation demands as offshore wind turbines grow in size technology could reduce installation times by up to and projects move into deeper waters and more challeng- 50% compared with conventional methods, while ing operating environments.

According to GustoMSC, the design increases perfor- increasing available weather windows for installation campaigns and supporting tow-to-port maintenance mance through an asymmetrical confguration integrated into its established rack-and-pinion jacking system and strategies. jack-up vessel designs, rather than relying on larger com-

Encomara estimates the approach could save develop- ponents or additional weight to increase capacity.

ers up to $1.34 billion (£1 billion) per gigawatt of foat- ing wind capacity.

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