Norway and Spain Form Steel Collaboration for Offshore Wind

Norway’s offshore wind association Norwegian Offshore Wind has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Galician Association of Metal Industries and Related Technologies (ASIME) to explore joint opportunities in offshore wind.

The MoU states that Spain and Norway have distinct but complementary strengths in floating offshore wind, creating opportunities for collaboration.

Their supply chains can work together by combining Spain’s strong industrial manufacturing, steel production, turbine expertise, and logistics infrastructure with Norway’s expertise in offshore engineering, floating structures, marine operations experience, and harsh-environment operations.

The main objectives of the MoU are exploring opportunities for joint projects and networking activities where mutually beneficial and promoting sustainability, cost reduction, and efficiency improvements in offshore wind projects through advanced metal technologies.

“This collaboration will be aimed specifically at the steel industry, which is instrumental both for floating and bottom fixed offshore wind,” says Einar Tollaksvik, leader of the Working Group for Spain in Norwegian Offshore Wind.

“Galicia is one of the best positioned European regions for the implementation and development of the offshore wind industry, because we have the necessary experience throughout the value chain,