Iv-Offshore & Energy

Iv-Offshore & Energy is a specialist division of Dutch engineering group Iv that delivers multidisciplinary design and engineering services for the offshore and wider energy sector. The division offers what Iv describes as the broadest range of offshore and energy solutions, with a proven track record in offshore platforms, FPSOs, onshore energy facilities and complex steel and mechanical installations for marine applications. Working across the full project lifecycle, Iv-Offshore & Energy provides consultancy from initial feasibility studies through to detailed engineering and procurement activities within EPCI projects, and can also support operations and maintenance. The division plays a central role in Iv’s “Energy and offshore” market activities, designing offshore wind and hydrogen platforms, floating platforms, oil and gas platforms, floating solar farms, tooling and deck equipment, and structures such as electricity pylons. Iv’s offshore journey began with oil and gas platforms and expanded into offshore wind in 2002, when it designed what it calls the first offshore wind platform. Since then, Iv has engineered numerous offshore wind platforms including Dolwin Alpha, Borssele, Ostwind and Gennaker, the Sofia HVDC offshore converter platform and TenneT’s 2 GW IJmuiden Ver projects, and has contributed to the Ostwind 3 and Gennaker grid connections via offshore substations such as OSS Jasmund, Zingst and Darß. Iv-Offshore & Energy is also involved in the world’s first offshore hydrogen platform in the North Sea, 500 MW hydrogen concepts and an innovative floating offshore substation design for which Iv holds several patents. Within the offshore wind and energy transition value chain, Iv-Offshore & Energy focuses on HVDC and HVAC converter platforms, wind turbine generator interfaces, floating transformer platforms, control and communication systems, mission and handling equipment and decommissioning solutions. Iv states that over a quarter of offshore platforms in the EU were designed by the group, underlining the division’s experience in high-complexity, large-scale offshore infrastructure.