The European investment group Eurazeo, through Eurazeo Transition Infrastructure Fund (ETIF), has made a EUR 70 million equity investment in MPC OSE Offshore, a joint venture recently established by the investment and asset management firm MPC Capital and German offshore services provider O.S. Energy, which teamed up to develop, build and manage offshore wind service vessels.
“We are delighted to invest in MPC OSE Offshore, a company set to play a key role in servicing and supporting the European offshore renewable energy industry. The quality of the partners and the growth prospects of the market make the company a key component of the development of the offshore wind industry in Europe, facilitating the transition to a low-carbon economy” , said Martin Sichelkow , Partner and Co-Head Infrastructure at Eurazeo.
In November last year, MPC Capital and O.S. Energy announced that they partnered to build a fleet of next-generation service vessels that will be used primarily for offshore wind farms in the North and Baltic Seas.
The joint venture commissioned the construction of the first vessel at the Danish Esbjerg Shipyard in early November 2024 and secured the option for five further units. The total investment volume of the six new build Offshore Survey and Service Vessels (OSSVs) is around EUR 130 million.
Delivery of the first vessel is expected in the first half of 2026.
Following the Eurazeo equity investment, Constantin Baack , CEO of MPC Capital, said: “We are very pleased to work together with top-tier investors which have a dedicated focus on infrastructure investments related to the energy transition. It is a perfect fit, as we can offer a unique investment platform in a structural growth market. We look forward to making our investment platform a great success and jointly servicing the quickly evolving offshore renewable energy industry in the coming years.”