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SCIENCE AND TRAINING CENTRE XXXX


wind with its strong and growing supply chain of companies, and are close to the facility’s planned site in Essex.


REPLICATING OFFSHORE TIDAL, WAVE AND CURRENT CONDITIONS


HARMONY BETWEEN SEA AND SPACE


Mr Partington created Blue Abyss in a sweeping design with gentle curves and tail to reflect a “perfect harmony between sea and space.” Its shape resembles a horseshoe crab and a speeding comet created “to wrap around the people it serves”. He added “Understanding how the different aspects of Blue Abyss work together and the problems you have to solve is very important, and helps to drive a design solution that makes the most efficient and effective use of space.”


HELPS COST-REDUCTION AND INNOVATION IN RENEWABLES


The team behind Blue Abyss is currently in talks with the offshore wind and oil & gas industries about how Blue Abyss facilities could support and accelerate innovation in the industry and help it to meet the demands for cost reduction across the sector and its use by the supply chain


The East of England, and the UK has become a world leader for offshore


Blue Abyss will be able to replicate the challenges of tidal, wave and current conditions in the Southern North Sea in a safe and controlled environment, offering multiple opportunities for simulation, cable connection training, submersibles training and testing for offshore wind installation, oil & gas work scopes, decommissioning solutions, deep sea diving and even drone training.


IMPROVES COMPETITIVENESS


Celia Anderson, of the Blue Abyss team, is talking with the supply chain companies about their needs to, improve their offer to the industry, improve their competitiveness in an increasingly competitive market and develop equipment and skills within Blue Abyss. Such a facility in the East of England would cut costs for companies currently using deep pool and tank facilities in Fort William and on the south coast, she said.


HUGE POTENTIAL TO SUPPORT INNOVATION


Celia expanded: “There is huge pressure on offshore wind to bring down its costs and the companies involved are looking


at every way to achieve that. Having a facility like Blue Abyss within easy travel distance of the east coast, with its huge potential to support innovation, fits into achieving these targets.


“Our clients can simulate the ROV installation of J tubes and connecting cables, changing bearings at the base of a turbine tower…the list is endless.”


SUBSEA EQUIPMENT, DIVER DECOMPRESSION AND DRY DIVES


The contained and controlled environment with pressure testing, is an ideal environment for research and development for subsea equipment, diver decompression and dry dives, she said. Perfect conditions would also be


offered for the testing of the likes of acoustic baffles or new equipment required to support activities in the deeper waters.


120-BED HOTEL


Blue Abyss would also offer a conference amphitheatre and training rooms, a 120- bed hotel with large central community area and on-site parking at the University of Essex’s Knowledge Gateway Innovation Park.


The team is in the final stages of securing funding before seeking full planning consent for the site.


Blue Abyss


www.windenergynetwork.co.uk


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