MARINE RENEWABLES & WINDFARMS
Fife Fabricator Starts Work For Mocean Energy
Work has started at Fife fabricators AJS Production on Mocean Energy's Blue Star wave energy prototype, which will take to the seas this Autumn.
The half-scale device will be deployed in Orkney later this year and will undergo a number of sea trials prior to generating first power.
Mocean said the device will be 20 metres long and weigh 30 tonnes.
Following completion, the machine will undergo quayside ballasting and wet testing at Burntisland prior to being transported by land to Aberdeen and then ferry to Orkney.
Mocean Energy Managing Director Cameron McNatt said: “The UK oil
and gas sector is exploring ways to decarbonise their operations and this technology has a range of uses in powering subsea technology.
“Our Blue Star design has undergone rigorous numerical modelling and tank testing at the world leading wave tank at Nantes and it is very exciting to see it taking shape in steel in advance of sea trials.
“AJS Production has a great track record in offshore fabrication and it is terrific to see work progressing so well.”
AJS Production Managing Director Raymond Imrie said: “This is a great project to be involved in and is yet another milestone in Scotland being at the forefront in leading the UK to become carbon neutral.
“The project is well underway and although we have been involved in similar contracts, we are still learning lessons when it comes to working on prototypes of this scale.
“We have had the backing of a good lead team, along with a professional design team, who have certainly made the project run smoothly.
“We’re looking forward to seeing the device launched successfully and sea trials beginning in the Autumn.”
In February, Mocean Energy announced a pilot project with oil major Chrysaor and subsea specialists EC-OG and Modus to study the potential to use the Blue Star prototype to power a subsea battery and a remote underwater vehicle at the Orkney site.
First Seamade Towers Arrive in Ostend
The first tower parts for the 487MW Seamade offshore wind project have arrived in the Belgian port of Ostend.
The six tower components were produced in northern Spain, before being shipped from the port of Aviles on special purpose vessel Rotra Vente.
Developer Otary said it is working with its contractors “working around the clock”, despite the COVID-19 crisis, to keep Seamade’s construction on schedule, taking “rigorous precautionary measures”, including social distancing in the execution of the project’s works.
Over the coming months, Rotra Vente and sister vessel Rotra Mare will ship all Siemens Gamesa wind turbine components, comprising 58 nacelles, 174 tower parts and 174 blades, for Seamade from various sites, to the REBO site in Ostend.
The main activity on the REBO site will be the storage of parts, the pre-assembly of the tower parts to complete towers, and loading of the installation vessel ‘Apollo’.
All foundations, installed by DEME Group, and the two offshore substations are now in place, said Otary.
Otary Chief Executive Mathias Verkest said: “We are aiming for a timely completion of Belgium’s largest offshore wind farm, despite the current Coronavirus crisis, as this is an important step in the country’s energy transition.
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