Partnerships
CLS Wind is engaging counterparties across four partner classes. The asks below are concrete and active. If your operation is hitting the limits of crane-based installation or heavy-lift vessel availability or costs, or if you are running a major component replacement program against an aging fleet, we should talk.
Original equipment manufacturers
OEMs
We configure the platform per turbine line, with no exclusivity. Nothing is asked of the tower design or its warranty, and the vertical loads go to the foundation. For OEMs we are the lift answer to the next generation of larger machines (where conventional cranes and WTIVs run out of capacity) and to the major component replacement programs that aging fleets are now generating. A lower-cost lift also lowers the cost of warranty service.
What we are looking for
- Site-specific design partnerships against your current and next-generation platforms.
- Major Component Replacement programs targeting warranty issues and aging fleets, particularly at remote locations and hub heights conventional cranes struggle to reach.
- Joint deployment programs where the OEM specifies the platform to its operator customers as the recommended lift method.
Developers and operators
Developers and operators
For developers and operators, the platform is a way to take vessel scarcity, crane scaling, site logistics, and weather-window risk off the critical path of a project. For onshore, that means installing turbines on more difficult terrain with less site disturbance. For offshore, it means using a sub-1,000-ton crane vessel from the broad offshore oil and gas fleet rather than competing for a bespoke WTIV.
What we are looking for
- Pilot deployment sites for instrumented validation, with project economics modeled against the real lift envelope of the asset.
- Re-powering programs on aging onshore sites where decommission and install can be performed by the same equipment in a single mobilization.
- In-service Major Component Replacement programs across mid-life and late-life fleets.
Service companies and contractors
Service companies and contractors
Onshore service companies and offshore EPCI and marine contractors perform the lift for the owner. With the CLS Wind platform, one asset covers the full major component replacement scope, and the crane or vessel calendar stops setting the job.
What we are looking for
- Bid full MCR scope with one asset.
- Campaign partnerships on onshore fleets and fixed offshore sites.
Ports and marine logistics
Ports and marine logistics
Offshore wind installation logistics today is heavily port-dependent: tow-to-port for major component work, port-side staging for floating wind assembly, port crane investments measured in the hundreds of millions. ORCA LIFT™ reduces port dependence by enabling in-situ component replacement and smaller-vessel-class installation. We are looking for port operators who want to host deployment programs that take pressure off their existing crane and quayside assets.
What we are looking for
- Deployment slots for first-of-kind offshore commissioning lifts.
- Port-side assembly partnerships for floating-offshore programs.
- Marine logistics partnerships for sub-1,000-ton crane vessel deployment.
- Unit purchase or lease for quayside assembly, displacing a ring crane.
Fabrication and supply chain
Fabrication and supply chain
CLS Wind will manufacture through contract fabrication partners rather than building its own fabrication footprint. The platform is mechanically conventional (structural steel chord sections, transition adapters, sensor packages) and well-suited to fabricators with offshore oil and gas, heavy steel, or wind-tower experience.
What we are looking for
- Chord section fabrication slots, sized in roughly 10-meter sections.
- Transition adapter and landing-plate fabrication, with offshore-qualified welding programs.
- Sensor package integration and test partners.
A note on confidentiality
CLS Wind protects the confidentiality of its commercial counterparties. Specific OEM engagements, port partnerships, and developer pilots are not named publicly without the counterparty's prior consent. Where named references exist, they are made available under NDA on request to serious commercial parties.