Navantia Seanergies, Navantia's commercial brand to promote offshore wind energy and hydrogen, joins the Canary Islands Maritime Cluster (CMC) as a partner, created in 2008 as a meeting and dialogue place for all agents related to the sea. It is an innovative business group that aims to promote the development and international competitiveness of the Canary Islands maritime sector.
Joining the Cluster represents an implicit support to the Canary Islands business network linked to offshore wind and green energies, the company highlighted this Friday in a statement.
The association agreement was presented by Javier Herrador, director of Navantia Seanergies, and Elba Bueno, manager of the CMC, and the president of the Canary Islands Federation of Port Companies, José Juan Ramos, was also present at the event.
Elba Bueno values this important incorporation as a reinforcement to the Cluster's strategy and work in the offshore wind energy sector.
Javier Herrador states that "Canary Islands is a strategic region for the development of wind farm projects." In this regard, he highlights that the Canary Islands Maritime Cluster is doing an exceptional job promoting the Canary Islands supply chain in the offshore industry and helping the dialogue between actors, suppliers and developers.
What does Navantia bring to the Cluster?
Navantia Seanergies is the division created by the public company for civil and military shipbuilding, to project its experience, and industrial and innovation capabilities, in the development of products and services in the green energy sector.
As an industrial ally in the energy revolution, it provides: experience in large international projects for the development of offshore wind farms; a wide portfolio of offshore wind products that include substations, monopiles, jackets and floating platforms; production facilities in Spain and France, with direct access to the sea and capacity to build large components; flexibility to locate production; investments in infrastructure and R&D&I in products, services and processes. Robotized industrial capabilities of the latest generation and a strong associative capacity, with top-level collaborators.
Navantia Seanergies arises to contribute to the promotion of projects that transform the way energy is generated, to the decarbonization of maritime transport and to a more sustainable development of our planet.
The Canary Islands Maritime Cluster groups more than 100 members
The main objective of the CMC is to promote the development and international competitiveness of the Canary Islands maritime sector through the integration, creation, promotion and sustainability of companies and agents that are within the value chain of the maritime sector, enhancing its international presence and increasing its technological potential and innovative level.
It groups more than 100 members: including public administrations, R&D&I agents, business associations, consultants, banks, universities, training centers and companies, both SMEs and large companies.
Its business areas integrate agents from the maritime value chain such as ship repair, maritime transport, port services, marine biotechnology, recreational and sports boating, fishing and aquaculture, tourism, marine renewable energies and auxiliary maritime services.
