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WORLD TREND & TECHNOLOGY
FOR OFFSHORE ENERGY SECTOR
Offshore
Renewable Wind Energy
Wave Energy
Farshid Ebrahimi
Responsible Director
Offshore renewable energy consists of of the clean energy transition all around the
many different sources that are abundant, world.
natural and clean, like Wind, Wave , Tidal
Offshore Channel Magazine reports on
and Solar. Unlike traditional fossil fuels, this
innovative engineering projects around the
energy will never run out. Renewable energy
world, profiling the key players making a
is essential for reducing the potentially
difference to the engineering profession.
devastating effects of climate change, and
It’s our flagship publication and our main
protecting the natural environment for future
channel for keeping our members up to date
generations. Offshore renewable energy
on what’s happening at the offshore industry.
includes offshore wind, wave, tide and solar,
where the strength of the wind, the pull and Offshore Channel Magazine is the flagship
rise and fall of the tides, and the movement publication of the international Society of
of waves, produces a vast amount of Professional Engineers. Published six times
power that can be harnessed by modern per year, Offshore Channel Magazine covers
technology. news and commentary on professional
issues: licensing, engineering ethics,
The energy of the oceans can be harnessed
employment, legislative and regulatory
by modern technologies without emitting
issues, education, and many others that
any greenhouse gases, making offshore
have a direct impact on professional
renewable energy a potential cornerstone
engineers.
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RENOUVELABLES
The electrical substation of the future
EolienEnMer park of the Calvados has
been successfully installed in the project
area, + 10km from the coast.
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WORLD’S DEEPEST THE world’s deepest wind turbine foundation has been
installed 16 miles off the coast of Angus at the site of the £3
billion Seagreen wind farm.
WIND TURBINE Transported to the project site on a barge operated by main
contractor, Seaway 7, the foundation was met by the Saipem
FOUNDATION 7000, a semisubmersible crane vessel, which lifted the 2,000
tonne turbine foundation into place.
INSTALLED IN The installation of the jacket means Seagreen has now topped
its own record from October 2022, when a previous foundation
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FIRST
TURBINE
STANDS
AT SAINT-
BRIEUC
OFFSHORE
WIND
FARM
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CHINA’S FIRST
The construction of China’s first deep-sea floating
wind power platform is ready to come online.
This floating wind platform is known as Haiyou
DEEP-SEA
Guanlan, and Chinese oil giant China National
Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) announced on
Saturday that it has completed installation of its
5,000-meter (16,404-foot) undersea cable.
FLOATING
Haiyou Guanlan’s subsea cable is designed to
operate at a depth of 120 meters (394 feet), and it
has an expected life of 25 years in harsh subsea
WIND
conditions.
The cable connects the floating wind platform to
the Wenchang offshore oil and gas platforms, off
the coast of Hainan Province, in southern China.
PLATFORM
The 7.25 megawatt (MW) Haiyou Guanlan wind
turbine is expected to generate around 22 million
kWh annually.
It will save nearly 10 million cubic meters of
IS COMPLETE
fuel gas each year and can meet the equivalent
annual electricity demand of 30,000 people. It will
also reduce CO2 emissions by 22,000 tons.
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FLOATING WIND
FORERUNNERS
REMAZEL ENGINEERING
CONFIRM ITS POSITION
AFTER THE SUCCESSFUL
INSTALLATION OF NO. 2
MOORING SYSTEMS FOR
FLOATING FOUNDATIONS &
A NEW CONTRACT SIGNED
Remazel path towards energy transition has started in early
2020 and today the Company can count on a significant track
record in new sectors as offshore wind and floating wind.
Despite the challenges and the question marks emerging from
the market, Remazel is one of the very first companies to be
involved in the supply of no. 3 full-scale deep sea mooring
systems for the Chinese market.
The prototypes developed cover three different designs and
includes a sheave fairlead solution, mainly coming from
Oil&Gas application, the in-line tensioner and an on-hull
mooring type. All these solutions have been developed by
Remazel’s engineering team, who executed all the necessary
fatigue analysis and partnered with the Customers to elaborate
the complete installation procedure. Then, the manufacturing
phase as well as the full load test were performed in Remazel’s
facilities is China, by the approval of DNV certification.
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START OF
OPERATIONS TO
The first of the three giant foundations of floating wind turbines
of the future Provence Grand Large pilot park was embarked
Thursday, May 11 on a barge for its launch.
LAUNCH WIND The transfer was carried out from the Eiffage Métal site in Fos-
sur-Mer, in charge of producing these metal floats designed by
TURBINE FLOATS
SBM Offshore. They take the form of a metal tripod equipped
at each of its three ends with two submersible buoys, between
which is located an innovative taut line anchoring system
IN PROVENCE
(six in all) developed and installed by SBM and IFP Energies
Nouvelles. The whole structure is 45 meters high, for about 80
meters on each side and a weight of nearly 3000 tons.
GRAND LARGE
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BEWILD
USING EDNA TO MEASURE
BIODIVERSITY AT
Fugro will develop remote marine eDNA collection, analysis,
and interpretation capabilities as part of its remote inspection
solutions. By also integrating the eDNA sampling into its
uncrewed surface vessels (USVs) and remotely operated
OFFSHORE WIND FARMS vehicles (ROVs), Fugro aims to not only inspect subsea assets
but also the broader subsea environment.
Daniel Smith, Fugro’s Solution Owner Offshore Wind Farm Site
Fugro, together with project partners, will focus on developing Appraisal said “By integrating ecological monitoring with routine
innovative methodologies and technologies for remotely asset inspections, wind farm operators will not only reduce
collecting environmental DNA (eDNA) samples in the North the risk of possible technical failures, but broader ecological
Sea. The collected data will assess the impact of offshore failures such as habitat loss or habitat fragmentation. This is
wind farms on biodiversity and explore ways to adapt existing a crucial step in safeguarding our energy resources and our
infrastructure to enhance marine habitats. natural environment.”
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SUBSEA
ROBOTICS
SERVICES
PETRODIVE GROUP PLANS TO DEVELOP ITS ROV Observation Class
CAPABALITIES
PETRODIVE uses observation class ROVs to inspect
Dubai-based subsea services provider PETRODIVE has infrastructure and the underwater area to help plan future
recently acquired 5 ROVs. projects for Oil and Gas Contractors. These ROVs are equipped
with high-end cameras and lightweight sonar systems to avoid
The acquisition of these ROVs adds to PETRODIVE's capacity
missing any small details like cracks. A manipulator (arms and
to undertake the broadest range of ROV requirements from
hands) on one of these vehicles tends to be small with limited
O&G and Maritime Contractors. This includes high-quality
functionality (1-3 functions typically), and their thrusters can be
survey work, inspection, repair, and maintenance (IRM), and
either vectored or standard.
heavy intervention tooling down to 1,000 meters.
Work Class
PETRODIVE Teams are experts in providing the most effective
solutions that can prolong the life of subsea assets. PETRODIVE also uses Work class ROVs. They are used
for ocean floor exploration, deep depths that divers cannot
PETRODIVE invested $5 million in its ROV fleet. The Company
reach, and heavier construction tasks that take more time on
established its ROV Division in 2021, initially focusing on
the bottom than divers can spare. Due to their FO-equipped
providing experienced personnel at all levels in observation
umbilicals, they can carry additional sensors and have multiple
and work class vehicles. It operates both in Africa and
capabilities that allow for additional tools. Their sensor and
internationally.
sonar arrays can image large areas or provide minute details
It currently owns 3 ROVs with observation classes and 2 ROVs to specific structures. Most are equipped with a pair of
with work classes and is planning to acquire more ROVs in the manipulators—one for heavy lifting and grasping and the other
future. with up to 7 individual functions that can be nearly as nimble
OBSERVATION CLASSES AND WORK CLASSES as the human hand! The thrusters on these ROVs are vectored
and very powerful, producing from 50 to over 200hp.
ROvs are controlled by a ROV operator typically on a surface
vessel, using a joystick like you would play a video game. A The Panther is a great alternative to heavier hydraulic vehicles,
group of cables, or tethers, connects the ROV to the ship, particularly where deck space is at a premium. These ROVs
sending electrical signals back and forth between the operator set the standard for electric light work class vehicles operating
and the vehicle. They use external sensors that are mounted across a broad spectrum of subsea energy projects.
on the vehicle to measure things like conductivity, temperature,
and depth.
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FLOATING
OFFSHORE WIND:
AN INCREASINGLY
MATURE MARKET
According to a study conducted by BVG Associates for EDF 4 main areas for developing floating wind power
Pulse Ventures, floating offshore wind could produce three
It is not enough to have sites and projects to develop floating
times more renewable energy than bottom-fixed offshore wind.
wind energy – mature and scalable technologies are also
This potential explains the enthusiasm of governments, energy
needed. Building competitive floating wind farms requires to
companies and startups for this technology, which sees a
have relevant solutions across the entire value chain, which
growing number of projects materializing.
is why EDF Pulse Ventures focused on 4 different aspects
According to the same study, the installed capacity of floating during its deep dive, which are particularly important for the
offshore wind could reach 20 GW by 2032 and exceed 40 performance and the competitiveness of floating offshore wind:
GW by 2035. Europe, the US and Asia are the most involved
regions in the development of this renewable energy and BVG
Associates estimates that 3.4 GW of capacity could be installed
in France by 2035 and 5 GW in the UK.
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Last year TouchWind and MOL had already signed an MoU for and ecological impact of the floating wind turbine. How does
the joint development of floating wind technology with a primary the small-scale prototype behave under the conditions on
focus on the further development of TouchWind’s tilting angled the lake? What influence does the wind turbine have on the
one-piece rotor floating wind turbine. Following the progress of existing underwater ecology and on avifauna?’
development and testing by TouchWind, both parties agreed
Masayuki Sugiyama, Executive Officer responsible for Wind
on closer collaboration towards the next-stage development of
Power Projects Unit in MOL states:
the floating turbine.
‘These tests and their results will lead to the further
At this moment TouchWind is installing a small-scale prototype,
optimization of TouchWind’s floating wind turbine concept. The
with a rotor diameter of 6m, at Fieldlab Green Economy
achievements from the tests will raise the project to the next
Westvoorne. Testing is scheduled to start from May onwards.
stage. We see great potential in this innovative concept which
Founder and CEO of TouchWind, Rikus van de Klippe can realize higher utilization rate and the efficiency of wind
explains: ‘during the field testing in the lake of Oostvoorne, we farms as well as lower-cost wind turbines.’
want to test in particular the installation, anchoring, mooring
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The Energy-tech company SeaTwirl announces today on for electrification over a wide range of industries, and has
May 15th, that themselves and Kontiki Winds have signed over the past year, entered into collaboration with a range of
a MoU (Memorandum of Understanding). The intention complementary technology and service companies to enhance
of the two companies will be to identify and discuss the their electrification capabilities.
upcoming opportunities to electrify offshore Oil and Gas
" In Kontiki Winds we have a collaboration partner that really
assets and other offshore applications, with the use of
is the perfect match for us. Kontiki Winds and their partners
SeaTwirl's floating wind turbines.
knows everything there is to know about electrifying offshore
SeaTwirl has, together with Kontiki Winds, entered a MoU assets with wind power and we have wind turbine technology
(Memorandum of Understanding) to explore new opportunities that is ideal for such applications. It will be truly exciting to
in the market, to implement offshore wind into new and existing launch this collaboration and accelerate the decarbonization
Oil and Gas assets and micro grid applications such as the off Oil & Gas, fish farms, desalination plants and other suitable
powering of fish farms, desalination plants and/or other small- assets." Johan Sandberg, CEO.
scale applications that currently are based on fossil fuel
"With SeaTwirl we have found a field tested solution for Offshore
electricity generation.
Wind Generation that fills a gap in the current market offering.
Kontiki Winds, a Havfram company, is an early-stage offshore We believe decentralised, easily installed and locally produced
wind technology developer and electrification enabler, focused power will play a key role in the future energy mix and can't wait
on decarbonizing the global energy mix and driving a greener to start exploring this further with SeaTwirl." Eyvin Svendsen,
economy. Kontiki Winds recognises the increasing demands VP Electrification Kontiki Winds.
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Gazelle Wind Power (Gazelle), the developer of a modular are focused on industrialization. Instead, Gazelle’s platform
floating offshore wind platform, is unveiling third generation moves away from archaic models that are stationary, heavy,
technology this week at WindEurope 2023 in Copenhagen, bulky, and difficult to assemble and transport while reducing
Denmark. The company’s enhanced design further refines costs by 30% compared to conventional semi-submersible
Gazelle’s solution to address the primary challenges facing the designs. Part of this improvement comes from the reduction
offshore wind industry—such as cost, supply chain bottlenecks, in steel versus traditional offshore platforms. For example, a
and sustainability—by providing a lightweight, cheaper design one-gigawatt offshore wind farm using Gazelle’s solution would
that minimizes the impact on fragile marine environments while save 71 kt of steel and reduce emissions of approximately 100
using existing port infrastructure. kt of carbon dioxide.
As a third-generation technology, the platform delivers The company’s platform can be quickly and simply installed at
enhanced mooring innovation that enables serial production. project sites because it requires no specialist cranes or vessels
The platform makes first generation technology—which was thanks to a cost-effective, innovative design using globally
primarily designed to float and survive harsh ocean conditions— available components and a modular assembly process.
obsolete and improves on second generation designs that
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THE VIMFLO
PROJECT HAS
BEEN OFFICIALLY
LAUNCHED IN
MARCH 2023 IN
This project is funded by the French State as part of France
2030 operated by ADEME/CORIMER.
HEADQUARTERS IN
replacement of Offshore Wind Turbine Major Component.
This project is a key element within Technip Energies Floating
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OFFSHORE WIND
FOR KIDS
The final competition of the Floating Wind Challenge
11 teams participated to design and build the best floating wind support structure:
JP Fujiyama powered by The Nippon Foundation - Osaka, Hokkaido & Naggoia University
JP E&E powered by The Nippon Foundation - University of Tokyo & Akita
TW Orein (sponsored by NIRAS) - NCKU/NKUST
DKNL The Unsinkable 8 - DTU & TUDelft - winner of the best written report
GB Wind over Waves - University of Edinburgh
NL ROC Nova College
DK Titanic II - DTU
BE Seakings - KULeuven
BE Windboeren - KULeuven - winner of the best structure
AE UoBD Float - University of Birmingham Dubai
MY Helixa - University Malaysia Terengganu
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TRANSOCEAN
EXPLORING
OFFSHORE
WIND
While drilling is our core business,
Transocean is exploring opportunities
in the offshore-wind sector! Paul
Johnson, VP of Technical Services
and Head of Offshore Wind.
“Each and every day, I am inspired by the
team that we have here at Transocean.
As the industry's leading offshore driller,
it would be easy to simply maintain the
status quo. But, at Transocean, we
continue to identify and realize new
opportunities to further differentiate
ourselves in the eyes of our customers.”
JEREMY D. THIGPEN
Chief Executive Officer
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ULSTEIN TO
Singapore-based Cyan Renewables has contracted Ulstein
Design & Solutions BV to design a series of new floating
foundation installation vessels (FFIV) dedicated to offshore
DESIGN CYAN
wind.
Singapore-based Cyan Renewables has contracted Ulstein
Design & Solutions BV to design a series of new floating
RENEWABLES'
foundation installation vessels (FFIV) dedicated to offshore
wind.
Ulstein said that the new FFIVs would feature adequate deck
OFFSHORE
space and crane capacity to meet developments in foundation
design, including monopiles and jackets.
In addition, they will also have low emission capability,
INSTALLATION
Torgeir E. Ramstad, Cyan's Managing Director FFIV Division,
and former CEO of OHT, which merged with Seaway 7 in
2021, said:"With their strong track record in heavy lift vessel
design and a good understanding of the market constraints
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FIRST US-FLAGGED Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO) has marked the 50-per cent
completion milestone on ECO Edison, the first-ever US-
OFFSHORE WIND
flagged, Jones Act-compliant offshore wind service operations
vessel (SOV), chartered by Ørsted and Eversource for their
SERVICE OPERATIONS
South Fork Wind, Revolution Wind and Sunrise Wind projects.
VESSEL TAKING
SHAPE
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PORT
ESBJERG
The jackup/installation vessel VOLTAIRE has called the
port to mobilize for an offshore wind farm installation
project in the North Sea.
Port Esbjerg is the North Sea’s leading port for offshore wind,
base to the Danish offshore industry and an international hub
for multimodal transport with six regular RoRo liner services.
More than 6,000 vessels calls the Port of Esbjerg every year,
4.5 million tonnes of cargo is handled at the port, 1,000 – 1,500
MW of offshore wind capacity was shipped out, and 70,000 cars
were imported. The port is home to more than 200 companies
that together employ approximately 10,000 people. Covering
more than 4 million square meters, Port Esbjerg is the largest
port in Denmark.
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3060 WTIV-SERIES The vessel is costing 1.2 billion yuan ($184.8 million).
Huadian Heavy Industries is one of a number of Chinese
VESSEL WILL BE offshore wind EPC contractors that have shown interest in the
vessel.
ONE OF LARGEST IN Boqiang is also marketing the vessel for potential employment
in Europe as the firm contract involves numerous options for
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FLYING
FOCUS
For almost 40 years Flying Focus is specialized in maritime
aerial photography. Since the company's start up in 1984
thousands of ships, sea trials, maiden voyages, special cargo
transports, oil platforms etc. have been photographed.
Great exposure was generated by their photographic work of
ships in heavy weather on the Northsea. The for this purpose
especially acquired aircraft, the twin-engine Cessna Skymaster,
can fly with winds up to 10 Beaufort!
All the 3 company owned photo aircraft are especially equipped
with the required safety gear as well as the latest communication
and navigation equipment. All flights are executed from Texel
International Airport, where hangar and office are situated.
On a regular basis Flying Focus is operating for projects further
away ranging from the Arctic Circle to the Atlantic Ocean.
A lot of their photo flights are executed for the offshore industry,
both oil & gas and offshore wind, an industry far beyond the
horizon for a lot of people.
Flying Focus recently published a photobook visualizing this
impressive industry.
“The Dutch Offshore- beyond the horizon” contains 150 photos,
156 pages, 30x30 cm, hardcover. Price is € 34,50.
ISBN. 978-90-79716-28-9
The book can be seen and ordered via www.flyingfocus.nl
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REGENERATION OF
AQUACULTURE
Ridgeway have been working in collaboration with clients to
add value on providing tools for stability calculations, CFD,
excessive performance testing and modelling also trusted
environmental subsea performance during their lifetime and
Introduced into the U.K. and Europe by Ridgeway and importantly safe decommissioning.
Sumitomo in 2009, We have been busy listening, learning and Once installed the filter unit Rockbags create their own mini
promoting the offshore applications and benefits of the Kwoya ecosystem encouraging the regeneration of aquaculture
Filter Units or more commonly referred to by the offshore and environments, this aspect has become an important aspect for
marine markets as “Rockbags”. developers adding real value environmental engineering and
Designed originally as an effective means of “filter layer” sustainability in their subsea solutions.
scour protection for subsea structures in dynamic seabeds In addition to this, Ridgeway have established a comprehensive
and challenging velocities, the Kwoya Filter Unit Rockbag has geographical stock network of fast response capability for filled
evolved to become a significant technical product and proven Rockbags under hook at ports throughout Europe utilising local
a safe, 100% recycled clean engineering solution with various labour and logistics.
innovative options on size and product specifications. Ridgeway have now a significant project track record for
The knowledge base and expertise learned from severe example flagship projects such as Teesside Offshore Wind
Japanese weather conditions has expanded the use of Farm by EDF Energy Renewables. A world first in 2013 using
the Rockbags over many decades within civil engineering Filter Unit Rockbags for scour protection on monopiles. It has
applications also marine infrastructure protection of cables, also won contracts for works in Ireland at Arklow Bank, in
pipelines, and seabed correction. Patent protected for various Scotland at Beatrice, in England on Robin Rigg constructed by
applications (Patent Nos EP2341592, EP2348215 and German provider E.ON, Gwynt y Môr wind farm in Wales (RWE
EP2354535, the Rockbags, used in combination with other Renewables UK) and other E.ON’s schemes such as Humber
traditional methods of cable and scour protection, are adding Gateway and Rampion.
value to the solutions toolkit of the marine contractors. For more information please visit: www.rockbags.com
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BOOST FOR
“We are currently involved in several energy-projects around
the globe, from countries like Oman and India to Italy and
the Philippines,” said Havkraft in a statement. “We have an
ENERGY VISION
sustainable wave power plants provided by Havkraft,” it added.
Earlier this year, Havkraft signed a partnership agreement
AS NORWAY’S
with Translucidus, a UK-based consultancy with longstanding
experience in Oman, to help harness wave energy as a clean
and sustainable energy source off the Omani coast.
RECEIVES
promising opportunities for the generation of wave power by
harnessing ocean surface waves. This renewable energy, billed
as the largest estimated global resource form of ocean energy,
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C-POWER HAS COMPLETED IN- This project aims to advance the SeaRAY k2
autonomous offshore power system (AOPS) to
HARBOR OPERATIONAL TRIALS commercial readiness. The SeaRAY k2 AOPS
consists of the SeaRAY k2 WEC with fully
OF THE SEARAY AUTONOMOUS integrated station keeping (or the ability to perform
adjustments to maintain its position) and the
OFFSHORE POWER SYSTEM capacity to collect and send data and store energy. It
TEST SITE
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TIDAL ENERGY:
A RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE
ENTIRELY PREDICTABLE
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Orbital Marine Power (Orbital), the renewable energy company across construction and around a dozen new permanent jobs
focused on the commercial deployment of its innovative floating locally to provide operations and maintenance services.
tidal turbine technology, announced it has been awarded an
The Option Agreement is for 30MW, which would equate to
Option Agreement from Crown Estate Scotland for a new tidal
approximately 12 Orbital devices installed across the site.
energy project in the Westray Firth.
The waters around Orkney have significant wider tidal stream
Orkney-headquartered Orbital also confirmed it has a grid energy potential and the Westray site offers just one example
connection in place to service the pioneering project, which of how this can be harnessed to provide clean, predictable
is located adjacent to the European Marine Energy Centre power.
(EMEC) facility, where Orbital has already deployed the 2MW
The Orbital team is engaged with stakeholders and is
O2, the world’s most powerful tidal turbine, under commercial
progressing environmental studies, with a view to reaching
operation. Renewable projects in Orkney were recently given
consent application as soon as possible. The company
a boost by Ofgem announcing it is minded to approve a new
also brings the benefit of extensive local operational and
220MW transmission connection, to be built from the Scottish
environmental data to help shape and inform optimal project
mainland to service renewable power exports from the islands.
design, having successfully installed, operated and monitored
Following the award of contracts for difference (CfDs) in last multiple floating tidal projects on the neighbouring EMEC site
year’s AR4 process, Orbital is already targeting the installation since 2011.
of three more of its tidal turbines at the EMEC site, alongside
Andrew Scott, CEO at Orbital Marine Power, said: “As the UK
the O2, to expand its tidal generation capacity in the coming
looks to accelerate the decarbonisation of its energy system,
years.
we firmly believe tidal projects can bring unique benefits
In keeping with the company’s strategy of carrying out major while harnessing a perfectly predictable and secure source
aspects of its manufacturing within the UK, the construction of of renewable energy. We’re proud to be building that vision in
the Westray project would be expected to result in over £120m Orkney with this investment in our Westray Project.”
of domestic supply chain spend and create hundreds of jobs
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In the next ten years, cumulative global floating capacity
is expected to surpass 58 GW.
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dominant player in the floating solar market, boasting over
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GERMAN STARTUP
UNVEILS MOBILE,
TILTABLE PV
MODULES
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MERGANSER
PILOT
Merganser is an offshore floating solar
(OFS) demonstrator plant with an
installed capacity of 520 kWp. This
new and scalable concept includes
six interconnected platforms, which
are designed for the extreme storm
conditions occurring in the North Sea.
This includes waves occurring once
every 50-years reaching as high as 13,5
meters.
RWE, a leading offshore wind
developer, is an important sponsor to
the Merganser project and a strategic
partner to SolarDuck. The supply chain
for Merganser includes companies such
as Norsk Hydro, Damen Shipyards and
others that are all setting standards
to build up the offshore floating solar
industry. The platform floaters will be
manufactured at a Damen Yard in
Poland, while assembly takes place
at a port site in Amsterdam in the
Netherlands.
The pilot period will last 2-3 years and
will take place at the offshore test site
North Sea Farmers, which is located
12 km off the coast from The Hague,
in the Netherlands. The test site offers
SolarDuck a realistic operational
environment to test Merganser’s North
Sea design capabilities.
Merganser will be an operational
laboratory for SolarDuck, which together
with research partners TU Delft, TNO,
MARIN and Deltares will gather relevant
data, such as platform motions, energy
output and life below the water surface.
This will allow TNO to make a validated
digital twin of the concept and Deltares
to gain insight on the ecological effects
of offshore floating solar energy.
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Looking to the future, we need to be open to new ways to we waves have less attack surface. Thus, many photovoltaic
can make our contribution to climate protection effectively. projects can from a static point of view with classic modules on
land and on water realized only at high cost.
In the currently available PV floating systems, they use framed
standard photovoltaic modules and these are today more than Not to forget the design, because the power generation by
2 sqm and flat. But the size of the modules increases more and Photovoltaics can also look good.
more with increasing performance. In the countryside this may
The prototype in the field of floating PV has already been
be an advantage, but on the water, this is a big disadvantage.
successfully tested in practice. The next steps are optimization
The static load caused by snow and above all wind and high
of size and performance and after this the test in wind and
waves are a major risk factor. The load on the material is
wave tunnel for the preparation of pilot plants at sea and on
therefore very high.
land.
“Our innovative TUBE MODULE has addressed this problem”,
Founding of a start-up. Investors are welcome.
explains the developer of this tube Matthias Herberich.
Contact: entwicklungsbuero-herberich@email.de
The round shape reduces the possible snow load. Wind and
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OFFSHORE Issue
CHANNEL 03/2023
04/2023
Imprint
Publisher
Offshore Channel
Editor-in-Chief
Farshid Ebrahimi
Project Manager
Hossein Eskandari
Editorial Office
Head of Editorial Office: Jochem Tacx
Project Management: Morteza HosseinPour Fazel
Image Editing: Mahya KianTaheri
Financial Department: Niloofar Ahmadi
Authors
Alireza Ghaemi, Naiem Eslami, Sajad Shahverdi,
Pooya Shojaadini, Reza Derakhshandeh, Alireza Amjad,
Behnam Medghalchi
Art Direction
Alireza Jafarpour, Saide Hassani
Translation
Naser Mostafavi
Contact
Offshore Channel Magazine
Torslanda, Gothenburg, Sweden
info@offshore-channel.com
Tel. +46-76-904-0095