Samsung Heavy Industries moves into floating offshore wind sector

The company announced the receipt of an Approval in Principle (AiP) for its 9.5-MW large-scale offshore wind floater model Tri-Star Float from Norwegian classification society DNV. Removing a pontoon, a steel-frame structure supporting the wind turbine out on the sea, its compact design will help shorten the construction period from design and transportation to installation dramatically.

SHI began the development of the independent floater model in October 2020 before successfully completing the floating water tank model test at Korea Research Institute of Ships & Ocean Engineering (KRISO) in March, joined by world-renowned classification societies, government agencies and partners of the Donghae-1 project GIG-TotalEnergies, Shell, Equinor and KEPCO with keen interest.

“The offshore floater will enable us to make forays into the renewable energy sector using our capacity to build large-scale offshore plants. We hope our development is aligned with the government’s Green New Deal Policy,” said Wang K. Lee, Vice President of Offshore Business Division of SHI.