Global Marine Energy, Inc. announced the opening of its office in Boston Massachusetts. Global Marine Energy is an American owned licensee of Global Marine Systems Ltd, an offshore cable installation and marine engineering company.
For over 160 years, Global Marine has been installing cable throughout the world’s oceans and for the past decade has been involved in many of the offshore wind projects which have been completed in the North Sea.
“Our lengthy experience in the installation of telecommunications cables led directly to our developing an expertise in offshore power cable. We are proud to have been involved in the installation of cables on such projects as Horns Rev, Horns Rev 2, Kentish Flats, Estlink and Britned,” said Gabriel Ruhan, CEO of Global Marine Systems Ltd. “With interest in offshore wind and offshore power cable interconnects beginning to take shape in North America, we have decided to license our know-how and sub-contract our experts to an American company, Global Marine Energy, Inc., to address these markets as well.”
Over the past decade approximately 4 gigawatts (4,000 megawatts) of
offshore wind power have been installed In European waters. With an
additional 15 gigawatts already consented and an estimated 25-50
gigawatts in the planning stages, the European market is well underway.
With both offshore wind and interconnect projects in the planning stages
up and down the East Coast and in the Great Lakes, the North American
market is beginning to move forward.
“Our goal is to transfer the best practices developed over the past decade in European offshore wind,” said Joel Whitman CEO of Global Marine Energy, Inc. “We can then use that expertise to develop American and Canadian personnel, equipment, and vessels in order to correctly plan and install the offshore cable plant required for North American projects.”
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