What is Dublin Offshore?
Dublin Offshore is a marine technology company dedicated to delivering innovative solutions that reduce the cost and risk of offshore renewable energy.
Based in the UK and Ireland, the company’s flagship technology, the Load Reduction Device (LRD) is a mooring system component designed to reduce loads, lower cost, and mitigate the risk of failure in permanent mooring systems, including those used in floating offshore wind.
Why was the company set up?
Investment in floating offshore wind is driven by turbine, platform, mooring, electrical infrastructure and installation costs. Most projects have clear pathways for cost reduction, as experience is gained with installed capacity, increase in production, and new innovations are introduced.
Mooring cost reduction for floating offshore wind is specifically challenging compared to other markets such as oil and gas, which benefit from mature economies of scale. . Floating offshore wind therefore needs solutions that deliver cost reduction in mooring systems that have not had the benefit of historical results.
Dublin Offshore’s Load Reduction Device (LRD) aims to substantially decrease mooring loads on a floating platform by allowing the structure to respond in a controlled, compliant way to wave induced motions. By reducing the design driving loads, the integration of the LRD could allow developers better options regarding mooring type, layout and component selection.
Working with ORE Catapult
Dublin Offshore were first introduced to ORE Catapult through the innovation team at the Floating Offshore Wind Centre of Excellence, an internationally recognised initiative to reduce the cost of floating offshore wind. The company felt that they were closely aligned with the Centre of Excellence, run by the Catapult, focusing specifically on lowering the cost of energy generated through floating offshore wind, and reducing risks by using mooring system optimisation.
Since then, they have worked with ORE Catapult on collaborative research and development projects, used their test facilities at Blyth, and worked alongside them to independently validate the LRD’s performance and benefits through direct and secondary studies.
Most recently, Dublin Offshore has benefited from being part of the UK/US Floating Offshore Wind Supply Chain Acceleration Bilateral (FLOWB) programme led by ORE Catapult, in collaboration with Innovate UK. The programme supported the 18-month LOADCERT project, which Dublin Offshore worked on with the University of Maine, including mooring analysis and the mechanical design and manufacture of an LRD prototype. The LRD was put through its paces, gaining formal certification and evaluated against established engineering standards across design, manufacturing and testing. It accelerated engagement with international markets and helped position Dublin Offshore as a credible supplier in the floating wind supply chain – providing a clear route to market.
Testimonial
“Working with ORE Catapult gave us more than access to testing facilities – it gave us deep industry insight and credibility. ORE Catapult has supported Dublin Offshore not just as a service provider, but as a technical collaborator with a shared ambition to drive floating offshore wind forward. That relationship has helped us build a stronger, more competitive product and accelerate our route to market.”
— Darren Hayes, Technical Director, Dublin Offshore
Recent news
In February 2026, Dublin Offshore’s LRD received prototype certification from the world’s leading classification society, DNV. This followed a vigorous process including a review of the design, structural integrity, load-reduction performance, and safety-critical functions, as well as verification of analyses and testing activities, at the prototype stage.
Completion of prototype certification demonstrates that the LRD concept meets the relevant technical and safety requirements for its intended application and provides verification for further development and project-specific implementation.
Following this milestone, Dublin Offshore will continue work toward commercial deployment of the LRD, including project-specific qualification and integration into permanent mooring system designs.
Future plans
The immediate focus for Dublin Offshore is deployment and building track record, with plans to install the LRD at a demonstration site later this year, alongside a leading platform developer. The company want to generate operational data and demonstrate long term performance and reliability in a real offshore environment.
Longer term, Dublin Offshore hope to be in the go-to company for mooring system optimisation for floating wind developers and mooring system designers, with the LRD installed on the earliest floating offshore wind projects in Europe or Asia.
