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Cyan Renewables buying first SOV from DEME

Singapore-based offshore wind farm vessel-operator Cyan Renewables has acquired its first service operations vessel (SOV) from Belgium’s DEME Group.

Michele Labrut, Americas Correspondent

July 25, 2023

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Photo: DEME

The unique SWATH-hull SOV Grooenewind is two years old and is currently operating under a 17-year long-term contract to service offshore wind farms in Belgium.

Groene wind, a 60-metre SOV became the first twin-hulled DP2 advanced dynamic positioning SOV in the world. It enables safe crew transfer and holds vessel position in rough seas. It is also fitted with a motion compensated gangway and daughter craft, and can accommodate 24 technicians and crew.

Groene wind is directly chartered to Siemens Gamesa for the maintenance of the Rentel and SeaMade offshore windfarms in Belgium, said DEME.

Cyan is fully owned by Singapore’s private equity firm Seraya Partners, and it was created in 2022 to address the large growing demand for offshore wind vessel services in Asia. Groenewind acquisition is part of Cyan’s plan to operate a $1 billion fleet over the next three years in Asia and Europe, according to Kenglin Lee, Group CEO of Cyan Renewables.

Recently, Cyan has also signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Taiwan’s Taiya Renewable Energy Company to build vessel capacity and work together on deployment in Taiwan and other markets

About the Author

Michele Labrut

Americas Correspondent

Michèle Labrut is a long-time Panama resident, a journalist and correspondent, and has continuously covered the maritime sector of Central & Latin America.

Michèle first came to Panama as a press attaché to the French Embassy and then returned to the isthmus as a foreign correspondent in the 1980s.

Author of Seatrade Maritime's annual Panama Maritime Review magazine and of several books, Michèle also wrote for Time magazine, The Miami Herald, NBC News and the Economist Intelligence Unit. She has also collaborated in making several documentaries for the BBC and European and U.S. television networks.

Michèle's profession necessitates a profound knowledge of the country, but her acumen is not from necessity alone, but a genuine passion for Panama.

In 2012 she was awarded the Order of Merit (Knight grade) by the French Government for her services to international journalism and in 2021 the upgrade to Chevalier grade.

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