Sperra Seaworks Limited, in partnership with Bardex Energy UK Limited, has been awarded USD$1.35 million (£1 million) in funding through The Crown Estate’s Supply…
Sperra Seaworks Limited, in partnership with Bardex Energy UK Limited, has been awarded USD$1.35 million (£1 million) in funding through The Crown Estate’s Supply Chain Accelerator (SCA2) program to perform early-stage planning and engineering for a concrete Floating Construction Station (FCS) concept intended to expand nearshore manufacturing and assembly capability for floating offshore wind. Additional industry-provided matching contributions are provided by project partners. The work builds upon an ongoing Sperra project funded by the National Offshore Wind R&D Consortium (NOWRDC) to design and build a subscale FCS prototype.
The FCS concept is being evaluated as a deployable infrastructure solution that could be installed at multiple UK ports to support the manufacturing, assembly, launch, and retrieval of floating wind foundations. This technology could alleviate infrastructure gaps in offshore wind ports across the UK. As the Celtic Sea prepares for its first 4.5 GW of offshore wind leasing, the UK must address constraints around port capacity, marshaling space, and heavy fabrication.
The SCA2 program supports early-stage supply chain solutions that strengthen the UK’s capability to deploy large scale offshore wind.
Advancing early-stage feasibility for potential UK installation sites
Through SCA2, the project team will complete preliminary engineering, evaluate potential installation sites,
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