Ship&Offshore | Issue 05/2023
Investors gear up for floating wind
Norway | Swiss construction company, Implenia, has agreed with NorSea, a privately owned industrial group majority owned by Wilh. Wilhemsen, to become equal minority shareholders in WindWorks Jelsa, an industrial plant on Norway’s west coast, with holdings of about 41% each. Implenia focuses on large, complex infrastructure and specialises in renewable energy. WindWorks Jelsa was set up in 2020 on Norway’s west coast by NorSea, Suldal municipality, Ryfylke IKS, with Norsk Stein as a partner. The project will be developed in stages between now and 2032, the companies said, and will result in a production and assembly area of 800,000m2....