Glosten is growing its PelaStar partner network to prepare for Phase 2 of the US Department of Energy’s Floating Offshore Wind ReadINess (FLOWIN) Prize. The expanded FLOWIN team consists of key supply chain members as well as delivery partners that will be involved across the design, fabrication, assembly, and deployment stages of projects.Key partners include Foss Offshore Wind, Everett Floating Structures, GMC, FibreMax, Dyneema, and TRC.The expanded team will focus on identifying facilities and the requisite investment to enable US-based platform fabrication and marine logistics capabilities; creating workforce development plans focused on local manufacturing in underserved communities; advancing engineering readiness for ultra-deepwater sites in the US market; refining design details to further reduce cost and environmental impacts; conducting an environmental impact assessment; and studying the feasibility of ocean co-use with fisheries and marine navigation.
In early April, the Department of Energy announced that the Glosten-led team was among the Phase 1 winners of the FLOWIN Prize. This indicates the technical readiness of the PelaStar tension leg platform (TLP) to scale for commercial success in the US market.
