Collaboration across the entire value chain is a decisive factor for the future success of the Danish offshore wind industry. It is precisely this word that is the driving principle of the new wind partnership, which was launched by three of the wind industry’s biggest players at the Danish offshore energy industry cluster’s annual meeting last week.

The wind partnership is intended to gather the industry to cooperate on joint standards on a number of issues. With the support of Vestas, MHI Vestas and Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy, Offshore Energy Denmark expects to be able to extend innovation collaboration across the entire value chain.

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- Collaboration is essential. We don’t manage innovation projects alone, we have no chance to be able to do it ourselves, says Jesper Møller, head of Offshore Concepts & Solutions, Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy.

The invitation to collaborate was just as clear from fra Torben Hvid Larsen, senior vice president, Chief Technology Officer, Technology and Sourcing, in MHI Vestas Offshore Wind, who said the following during his speech at the annual meeting:

- Now we’re putting actions to our words. Now we’re getting together for a common goal – and the rest of you are very welcome to participate, was the invitation from the stage.

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy and MHI Vestas produce 75% of the world’s offshore wind turbines. Collaboration between these industry giants therefore is highly significant for both the individual company and the wind industry as a whole. This is the assessment of Glenda Napier, CEO for Offshore Energy Denmark, which the wind partnership will fall under the auspices of.

-We have already gathered 26 companies, including, but not limited to Ørsted (formerly known as DONG Energy), Statoil, A2Sea, Vattenfall, Dancoat and Gardit. Everyone is welcome. New joint solutions can lead to significant gains across the entire value chain and for everyone involved in offshore wind. The wind partnership sends a strong signal that we should work together to drive down costs, she says.

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The wind partnership will collaborate on common standards and specifications for things such as towers, lifting equipment, veneers and access to the turbine.

-Source: Energy Supply DK