Aurora Energy Services has successfully acquired the floating wind and subsea engineering company Encomara.
The move will see Aurora provide significant investment to support the roll-out of Encomara's flagship mooring connection technology.
Encomara’s UK-based team will relocate to Aurora House in Dyce, Aberdeen, maintaining its brand and product identity while benefiting from Aurora’s global infrastructure and client network.
Its consultancy business, which offers specialist advice on floating wind, mooring systems, and subsea field development, will continue to operate as normal but now has access to greater scale, resource and reach.
The acquisition brings into the Aurora fold Encomara’s innovative SQUID system - a proprietary quick-connect system that integrates pre-installed mooring and electrical connections in one modular subsea unit.
The system is designed to reduce the cost, time, and risk associated with the deployment, recovery and reconnection of floating offshore wind turbines.
By allowing tow-to-port strategies and decoupling installation phases, SQUID significantly de-risks offshore construction and O&M campaigns, offering major gains in safety, schedule, and repeatability. It also facilitates future multi-use infrastructure strategies, including dynamic inter-array systems and hybrid generation models.
Aurora Energy Services CEO, Doug Duguid, said: “Encomara’s SQUID system is a step-change in floating wind development and this acquisition aligns perfectly with our technical strategy. SQUID allows operators to modularise and industrialise offshore construction and combined with our fabrication and engineering capability, it gives Aurora a unique position in the market.
“We are committed to providing key investment in the SQUID system to develop prototypes, in extensive offshore testing and roll-out to market, as we believe this is a true game-changer and it supports our ambition to lead in the energy transition.”