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WORLD TREND & TECHNOLOGY FOR OFFSHORE ENERGY SECTOR

Offshore
Renewable
Energy
Wind Energy
Wave Energy
Tidal Energy
Solar Energy

Nov & Dec 2021

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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
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generations. Offshore renewable energy
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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
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renewable energy a potential cornerstone
engineers.

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BOURBON SUBSEA
SERVICES SUCCESSFULLY
INSTALLED THE
INNOVATIVE TETRASPAR
DEMONSTRATOR
FLOATING WIND TURBINE
(FWT) IN NORWAY
After mooring lines installation in June, towing and hook up
in July, Bourbon Subsea Services completed the offshore
installation of the 3,6 MW TetraSpar Demonstrator Floating
Wind Turbine at Metcentre Test site in Norway, by laying and
connecting the power cable earlier this week. The wind turbine
will be commissioned in the coming weeks.
This success demonstrates again Bourbon Subsea Services’
expertise in managing Floating Wind Turbines (FWT)
installation projects and its ability to propose innovative
solutions to achieve new complex technical challenges while
maintaining low costs. After having installed most of the semi-
submersible Floating Wind Turbines from 2.5 MW to 8.3MW in
Europe since 2011, BOURBON consolidates its leadership on
the market and strengthens its track record with the installation
of the first FWT prototype based on the innovative SPAR
concept, designed by Stiesdal Offshore Technologies.

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HEEREMA’S AEGIR
COMPLETES
GREATER
CHANGHUA 1 &
2A SUBSTATION
TOPSIDES LIFT FOR
ØRSTED
After nearly 2,000 days of hard work (from initial investigation in 2016), Ørsted has successfully installed the first offshore
substation topsides for the Greater Changhua 1 & 2a Offshore Wind Farms, Taiwan’s first large scale and far-shore wind
farms.
Together with their contractors – manufactured by Keppel and installed by Hereema – the teams demonstrated perseverance and
overcame numerous challenges including lock-downs in Singapore during COVID-19.
This project marks the end of the transport and installation phase and leaving both offshore substations ready for the upcoming
offshore commissioning phase before first power of the wind farm in 2022.
The Greater Changhua 1 & 2a Offshore Wind Farms are located 35-60 kilometers off the coast of Changhua County, has a
capacity of approx. 900 MW, and will be capable of providing clean energy to one million households.

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MAJOR MILESTONE AS FIRST

SEAGREEN JACKET INSTALLED
The first turbine jacket foundation has been installed at their way on a barge from Global Energy Group’s Port of Nigg
Seagreen – Scotland’s largest and the world’s deepest, in the Highlands of Scotland to the site 27km off the coast of
fixed bottom offshore wind farm. Angus. It was met by the Saipem 7000 – the semisubmersible
crane vessel which is used to lift the jackets.
Seaway 7 is managing the engineering, procurement,
construction, and installation of Seagreen’s 114 wind turbine This voyage marks the start of works for the 1.1GW Seagreen
generator foundations and approximately 300km of associated Wind Farm project site, a £3bn joint venture between SSE
inter-array cables. Renewables and TotalEnergies. SSE Renewables is leading
the development and construction of the project, supported by
Offshore operations started last week when two jackets made
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SSE BACKS UK’S

LARGEST OFFSHORE
WIND TOWER FACTORY
TO BE BUILT IN
SCOTLAND
SSE is providing substantial financial backing for a new state-of-the-art offshore turbine tower tubular rolling
manufacturing plant in the Scottish Highlands with debt investment of £15 million, helping green light an investment of
over £110 million in a new UK-based offshore wind manufacturing plant in the Cromarty Firth.
SSE’s multi-million-pound debt investment makes it the largest single UK backer behind plans by Scottish-headquartered energy
services company Global Energy Group (GEG) and leading offshore wind tower manufacturing specialist, Haizea Wind Group
(Haizea), to build what will be the UK’s largest offshore wind tower manufacturing facility at Port of Nigg near Inverness. The cost
of the new facility, inclusive of rolling machinery robotics and a new blast and paint shop is £110-120m.
Nigg Offshore Wind (NOW) will be a giant, 450-meter-long, 38,000m2 factory, capable of rolling steel plate to supply towers
in excess of 1,000 tonnes each and other products, to the booming UK offshore fixed and floating wind industry in the UK and
abroad. As a strategic backer behind the plant, SSE Renewables will be placing manufacturing orders with the factory from its
leading pipeline of large-scale UK offshore wind projects. SSE Renewables expects to announce a first order contract with NOW
in the near future.
Once operational, the NOW plant will support the creation of up to 400 new full-time direct manufacturing jobs as well as more
than 1,800 indirect jobs in the UK, with an estimated 1,100 of these in Scotland.

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SUNFISH SUCCESSFULLY REBURIES

EXPORT CABLE AT ENECO’S
LUCHTERDUINEN WIND FARM

ANOTHER MILESTONE ACHIEVEMENT FOR JAN DE NUL’S INNOVATIVE INTERTIDAL TRENCHING VEHICLE SUNFISH
For the offshore wind farm Luchterduinen in The Netherlands, Jan De Nul was requested by Eneco to rebury a section of an
existing export cable. To this purpose, Jan De Nul modified its in-house designed and fabricated intertidal trencher Sunfish and
successfully reburied the nearshore section of the cable to a minimum depth of 2.5 metres below the seabed.
Due to morphological changes the export cable burial was over the last few years decreasing in depth within the nearshore
section. To guarantee the cable will at all times remain sufficiently buried and thus protected, a reburial campaign was requested
by Eneco.
Since the section of decreased burial depth was located in the nearshore zone, it was not accessible with typical offshore
trenching vehicles nor could it be easily accessed from the beach. Jan De Nul offered Eneco the solution by mobilizing its
intertidal trencher Sunfish. The Sunfish successfully lowered the
nearshore part of the cable working up to 1 kilometre offshore and a
water depth of 8.5 metres.

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HISTORY MADE BY
HEEREMA WITH
OFFSHORE TESTING
CAMPAIGN
Heerema Marine Contractors has tested its novel Rotor installation vessel is the relative motion between the vessel’s
Nacelle Assembly (RNA) installation method offshore crane and the geostatic foundation of the offshore structure.
for the first time. Heerema performed the demonstration One specific point of attention within the RNA method is the
project in collaboration with DOT and the Delft University blade installation, which has been identified as the most critical
of Technology (TU Delft) to collect valuable operational part of the turbine installation offshore for any vessel. To
data and test installation methods and durations. combat these challenges, Heerema has developed the guided
root end positioning tool, known as the GREPT. This in-house
Floating installation of wind turbine generators
developed blade assembly tool enables offshore handling and
The offshore wind industry is projected to produce 228 GW by installation of blades safely and efficiently.
2030, enough to power over 68 million homes. To meet these
The development of Heerema’s RNA method has been ongoing
targets, offshore wind turbines are progressively increasing in
over the last two years and has been tested extensively within
size and are being planned for installation in remote locations
Heerema’s Leiden Office based Simulation Center. This
and deeper water depths. Due to these market developments,
offshore test put the method into practice for the first time in
Heerema strategically developed the novel RNA method for
Eneco’s Prinses Amalia wind park, the Netherlands. The test
the next generation of wind turbines.
results will be used to continue improving the RNA method
The largest technical challenge when using a floating within the Simulation Center.

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FIRST
TURBINE UP
AT 1.1GW
SEAGREEN

• Milestone reached in delivery of what

will be Scotland’s largest and the
world’s deepest fixed bottom offshore
wind farm
• Turbine is the first V164-10.0 MW
turbine installed globally and will be
the most powerful offshore turbine in
Europe once operational
Seagreen, which will become
Scotland’s largest and the world’s
deepest fixed bottom offshore wind farm
once complete, has passed another
momentous milestone following the
successful installation of the project’s
first Vestas V164-10.0 MW turbine.
The installation of the first Vestas
turbine in the North Sea off the Scottish
coast heralds the start of the turbine
installation phase which will see a total
of 114 wind turbines installed across the
project site. This turbine is also the first
V164-10.0 MW turbine installed globally,
and at 10MW will be the most powerful
turbine currently installed offshore in
Europe once operational in terms of
power rating.

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X1 WIND COMPLETES
ROTOR ASSEMBLY FOR
PIONEERING ‘DOWNWIND’
FLOATING PLATFORM
X1 Wind has completed the rotor assembly for its pioneering floating wind platform.
The firm’s X30 prototype is now fully assembled in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, ready for installation. Fitted with a specially
adapted V29 Vestas turbine, the unique ‘downwind’ system is able to ‘weathervane’ and orientate passively with the wind to
maximise energy yields.
The novel ‘tripod-like’ platform also features greater structural efficiency, with a lighter and more scalable design, while minimising
environmental impact on the ocean.

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VAN OORD ORDERS

MEGA SHIP TO INSTALL
20 MW OFFSHORE WIND
FOUNDATIONS AND
TURBINES
Van Oord has ordered a new offshore
installation vessel to further strengthen its
market position in offshore wind. The jack-up
vessel can operate on methanol and install
up to 20 MW wind turbines at sea with a very
low CO2 footprint. The investment is in line
with the increasing global demand for offshore
wind farms. The ship is expected to enter the
market in 2024.

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FÉCAMP
OFFSHORE WIND
FARM

Bouygues Travaux Publics is in charge of the construction of the 71 gravity foundations on which the masts of the wind turbines
of the Fécamp Offshore Wind Farm will rest.
Also called “Gravity Based Structure”, the GBS is made in several parts: a radier (the base of the structure), six lifts, including the
top ring at its highest point. Inside, a platform will house the electricity export components.
The structure weighs 5,000 tons and is 31 meters in diameter at its base. Its height, oscillating between 48 and 54 meters,
depends on its location at sea.
Within the consortium of which Bouygues Travaux Publics is a member, #Saipem is in charge of the offshore installation of the
bases and #Boskalis of the seat embankment,the installation of the protections and the ballasting of the bases.

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DEMOSATH
MANUFACTURING MOVES
FORWARD
DemoSATH manufacturing works speeds up in the Port of
Bilbao (Spain). The latest milestone has been the handling
operation of the prototype. This consists on lifting, pivoting,
and positioning the 6 precast elements that have initially been
prefabricated. These elements compose the floaters of the
platform and include 4 conical elements (2 per floater) and
2-cylinder elements (1 per floater).
DemoSATH prototype consists of two hulls, each having three
prefabricated segments. The positioning and pivoting maneuver
of these pieces has been carried out using two cranes with
capacities of up to 500 tons. These cranes have raised the
pieces 14 meters high and have transported 150 meters away
to the specific construction supports at the foundation slab
that has been specifically designed and constructed for this
purpose. It is remarkable that the floater positioning results had
an error below 1 centimeter.

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ORIENT CABLE (NBO) HAS SUCCESSFULLY

COMPLETED DYNAMIC SUBSEA CABLE
PROJECT ON EPCI BASIS FOR THE WORLD
FIRST PILOT ANTI-TYPHOON FLOATING
WIND TURBINE
Orient Cable (NBO) has successfully completed dynamic
subsea cable project on EPCI basis for the world first pilot
Anti-typhoon Floating Wind Turbine in China for China
Three Gorges (CTG). This project will generate power of
5500 kilowatt per hour, serving 30,000 households with
clean energy.
‘‘We see this project as a typical case by working closely with the
stakeholders engaged (#CTG,#MINGYANG,#WISON,#DNV)
from the very beginning, to clear up challenges in difference
scenarios and interfaces and select the best solutions for
this project. A long-standing partnership, as a driver and
commitment of NBO, do help to make a great success’’ , says
Mr. Zhou Zewei, Chief Engineer of NBO.
On 1st September ,with the commissioning test being
completed, it indicates the World’s First Anti-typhoon Floating
Wind Turbine, developed by China Three Gorges (CTG),
successfully finished all the offshore work and is ready to
connect with the 400 MW Yangxi Shapa III Offshore Wind
Farm.

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J.P. MORGAN
The first vessels will be built at CIMC-Raffle’s Yantai
yard in China for delivery in 2024. The plan is to operate
several vessels in the global offshore wind market with

AND HAVFRAM both traditional jack-ups for turbine installation as well

as a cost-effective feeder-solution for the US market in
particular.

AS ANNOUNCE A The WTIVs have been designed and created by an experienced

offshore wind team focusing on installation efficiency in

SERIES OF NEXT
partnership with Gusto MSC as ship designer and in close
collaboration with leading offshore wind developers and turbine
suppliers.

GENERATION The design includes green technologies and lessons learned

from more than a decade of experience from WTIV operations
and offshore wind construction.

WIND TURBINE Havfram is a reputed offshore marine construction company

and is known for its subsea construction capabilities,

INSTALLATION
completion track record, EPCI capability and seasoned project
execution team.
J.P. Morgan’s Global Transportation group is an active

VESSELS developer, owner and operator of a broad range of air, sea,

and land-based transportation assets. With a fleet of over 100
vessels, the group brings a deep knowledge base to bear in all
shipping sectors.

Odd Strømsnes
CEO hos Havfram

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WORLD’S FIRST
INLINE ACTIVE HEAVE
COMPENSATOR
SUCCESSFULLY
TESTED BY
SEAQUALIZE,
TOGETHER WITH VAN
OORD
In no less than 62 hours of rigorous offshore testing, tech
scale-up Seaqualize successfully completed offshore trials for
its inline Active Heave Compensator (iAHC), the ‘Delta600’.
Together with testing partners Van Oord and nautical research
institute MARIN, the offshore lifting tool was tested for fixed-
to-floating, floating-to-fixed and floating-to-floating transfers of
300mT loads.
The Delta600 is DNV certified and ready for work.

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LOAD REDUCTION POLYMER

COMPONENTS ON A
EUROPEAN FOWT PROJECT
Purpose of TFI Polymer Mooring component:
• Reduces compliance
• Reduce peak loads
• Minimise cyclic loading

Noel Halloran,
CEO

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A battery-powered Wind
Farm Service Operation
Vessel (SOV) receiving
electrical power, generated
by a wind farm, and
transferred by a Bluewater
E-buoy. During charging,
the vessel is moored
to the buoy and power
consumption by thrusters
is minimized. This concept
can assist wind farm
operators to meet their Net
Zero Carbon targets while
ensuring the uptime of their
wind farms.

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OOS GROUP INTRODUCES THE SEMI-

SUBMERSIBLE MUSSEL FARM (SMF)
The OOS Group has developed a Semi-submersible mtr. by 32 mtr. and wind, solar and current power supply is
Mussel Farm (SMF) to grow mussels in the North Sea. implemented to allow charging of the supply vessels collecting
and transporting the mussels onshore. With this technology,
Mussels are traditionally grown in sheltered waters such as
OOS aims for Zero Co2 emissions.
the Oosterschelde and the Waddenzee. However, due to a
lack of nutrition in these waters, the production of mussels has In 2022, a pilot will start, and based on the outcome of this
declined enormously. Farming mussels in nutrition-filled seas study the SMF will go into production. The expectation is that
can be a solution to maintain production. multiple “mussel farms” can be implemented along the coast
of Zeeland.
In collaboration with the shellfish sector and mussel farmers,
OOS SMF has developed the Semi-submersible Mussel Farm,
suitable for growing mussels based on hanging culture at open
seas.
By applying submersible technology, the breeding and
harvesting location at open seas will be protected against
waves and storms. A suitable location in deeper waters can be
used for the largescale cultivation of mussels.
The design philosophy of the SMF is based on the floater/
column design of the vessels OOS Serooskerke/Walcheren,
enabling the SMF to be submersed in harsh environments at
sea.
With this development, OOS SMF contributes to the
maintenance and expansion of the shellfish sector, allowing
multiple mussel farmers to use the SMF simultaneously with
technical and logistical support from OOS.
The first unit, the OOS Cees Leenaars will measure 76

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Hughes Subsea Services Limited (Hughes SS) a leading

subsea services provider, offering a range of services, as
well as consultancy to the Offshore Oil & Gas, Offshore
Renewables, Telecommunications, Power Generation and
Marine Civil Engineering sectors.
The original company was founded in 2005 to provide a modern
technological approach to the Subsea diving industry, and has
since grown and expanded it’s capabilities to cover Offshore
Renewables, Civil Engineering, working at height, confined
space and Remotely operated technologies to its subsea
services portfolio.
Hughes SS has an International reputation for providing
independent innovative and high quality services; our clients
appreciate our flexible and responsive service delivering added
value in the form of safe, reliable and cost-effective solutions.
We have an impressive track record serving the Offshore
Renewable, Power Generation, Telecommunication, Large Civil
Engineering majors, Independents, and Governmental bodies.
Our strength and differentiator is in the technical excellence and
attitude of our team: we employ highly experienced engineers
with wide ranging competencies in subsea engineering, civil
engineering and offshore construction above and below the
water line.
We have the ability to work in partnership with our client›s
needs in mind and assist them in any way we can through our
management team and personnel on site to ensure every project
is carried out successfully, right from the start.

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NEW HYBRID VESSELS

DELIVER IMPRESSIVE
20% EMISSION SAVINGS
Two leaders in marine electrification, Volvo Penta, and million in new funding to support the building of floating offshore
Danfoss’ Editron division, have worked together to power two wind farms in Scotland and Wales. Although this is a significant
of the UK’s first fully integrated hybrid electric crew transfer win in the UK government’s commitment to quadruple offshore
vessels (CTVs). The vessels have been in operation at an wind farm capacity to 40 gigawatts by 2030, it also means that
offshore wind farm for a month and are already making a more CTVs will be needed to deliver supplies and transport
positive environmental impact. workers to the offshore sites and so reinforcing efforts such as
the Global Offshore Wind Alliance and other such creditable
A recent announcement from COP26 was the promise of £160
initiatives to come out of COP26.

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OFFSHORE WIND4KIDS
The story of a love affair from William Beuckelaers: wellies, and a waterproof fishing suit. The sea water was still
around freezing temperature, so I had to wear the fishing suit
I am a civil and geotechnical engineer working on building
before going into the sea. The spar buoy proved difficult to
offshore wind turbines.
install because I had to go quite deep into the sea in order to
When I turned 29 in January of this year, I received a toy wind release the structure. But alas ... it floated! It was spinning! It
turbine from my parents (for ages 8-14). I absolutely loved it, produced the first electricity from a floating wind turbine on the
and to quote one of my Instagram posts: “Turned 29, Belgian coast!
but could be mistaken for a kid when playing with
Being a geotechnical engineer, I also wanted
wind turbines”. The toy quickly became my
to build the foundations for the floating
background for all the video calls now that
structures. I built a small lab in my attic
we are working from home.
where I installed a small sand container. I
The offshore wind sector has rapidly also created some suction anchors that I
developed and there are now some floating managed to install using a manual pump.
offshore wind farms being constructed. On Right now, (early March), it is still too cold
the Belgian coast, we have no plans to build at sea to install them offshore, but when the
floating wind turbines. So I set out to go for it spring and summer arrive in Belgium, I will be
myself, and build the first Belgian floating wind able to dive into the sea to install them.
turbine using the toy I received for my birthday.
As I was putting time and energy into this hobby project,
I started out by building a floating barge using things I had my family must have thought I was going crazy doing all this.
laying in my attic from my childhood. I added inflatable I wanted to share this joy of building the structures, and so I
swimming bands (like the ones a child just learning to swim decided to start OffshoreWind4Kids. The idea was to organise
would use) to make it float and, voilà, it was ready for its first demo days, where children can build their own offshore wind
test. Snowstorm Darcy had just arrived in Belgium and most turbine. If they experience the same joy as I do, perhaps they
ponds in Brussels were frozen apart from one close to home might be inspired to consider a future career in engineering?
that had running water. It was there I installed Brussel’s first
For the demo days, I aim to teach as many girls as boys about
floating wind turbine!
offshore wind. I hope that this will also help girls to consider a
Two weeks later, we had a sunny weekend on the coast. I built future career in engineering. By encouraging girls, I want to
another two supporting structures: a monopile and a spar buoy. support women in engineering.
I then drove straight to the Belgian coast with all my equipment,

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OFFSHORE STRUCTURES UNDER

EXTREME LOADS:
A METHODOLOGY TO
DETERMINE DESIGN
LOADS
Abstract of
Andreas F. Haselsteiner‘s
doctoral thesis

The majority of the Earth’s surface is covered by oceans. height; (2) modeling the joint distribution of wind speed and
Waves, currents, and winds are phenomena that act as load wave height; and (3) determining 50-year joint environmental
requirements in the design process of any offshore structure. extremes. New methods to deal with these three steps are
While there are many types of offshore structures such as proposed and evaluated. Finally, a case study on a 5 MW wind
bridges, oil platforms, or wave energy converters, one type turbine is conducted.
of structure currently gets the most attention: offshore wind
Addressing the first step, this thesis shows that the long-term
turbines, which are expected to become one of the main
distribution of significant wave height can be modeled with an
sources of future energy supply. They are typically designed
exponentiated Weibull distribution. The exponentiated Weibull
for a design life of 20 or 25 years and therefore must withstand
distribution is a generalization of the common two-parameter
all environmental conditions that can reasonably be expected
Weibull distribution. It has two shape parameters, which provide
during this time. To evaluate a design, one estimates its
the model with the required flexibility to describe the shape of
structural response under given environmental loading. This
the empirical distribution. In a study based on six wave height
requires a description of the expected environmental conditions
datasets, using the exponentiated Weibull distribution was
and a method to decide which environmental conditions should
evaluated. The distribution parameters were estimated with
be considered as design requirements.
a weighted least squares method. The exponentiated Weibull
This thesis addresses the design process of offshore structures. distribution predicted the height of the highest 0.1% waves with
Engineering standards and guidelines describe the state of a mean absolute error of 0.4±0.1 m (mean ± standard deviation
the art of this process and recommend models that shall be over the six datasets) while the state-of-the-art method led to
used to describe the environment and to estimate the extreme an error of 1.8±0.5 m.
structural response. In particular, three design process steps
where current methods can lead to problems are addressed:
(1) Modeling the probability distribution of significant wave

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DISCOVER
5 TOP STARTUPS
ADVANCING
WAVE ENERGY
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U.S.-based company Oscilla Power has sent off its new

wave energy system – the Triton-C – to Hawaii, where it will
be deployed offshore the Marine Corps base in Kanehoe

TRITON-C to generate renewable power from the waves of the Pacific

Ocean.

WAVE ENERGY The Triton-C will be installed at the U.S. Navy’s Wave Energy
Test Site (WETS) site, a pre-permitted location that includes

CONVERTER all required infrastructure, such as the subsea grid connection

and moorings.

HEADS FOR HAWAII This is the first commercial-scale demonstration of the Triton
technology, which has been under development for more than

DEPLOYMENT SITE a decade with the support by the State of Washington, the U.S.
Department of Energy (DOE) and private funders.

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THE PROTOTYPE
OF THE
WAVEGEM®
PLATFORM
MOORED AT SEA
The first phase of sea trials for our wave and solar prototype is
coming to an end.
After 24 months spent at sea on the SEM-REV site of Ecole
centrale de Nantes, #WAVEGEM returned to the quayside in
Nantes Saint-Nazaire Port, towed by ALMA KAPPA from ALKA
MARINE.
The next steps for 2022:
Installation of the first device for the production of green
hydrogen at sea for Lhyfe.
The implementation of the latest developments in our energy
production systems.
The integration of an additional #sustainable resource: wind
power.

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SWEDISH ENTREPRENEUR FIGHTS

CLIMATE CHANGE WITH THE POWER
OF OCEAN WAVES
Jan Skjoldhammer is the founder and the creative mind behind production of parts and local maintenance. Of course, it’s also
the unique NoviOcean concept and CEO of Novige AB. Aside crucial for ocean energy technologies to be able to compete
from the strategic decision-making and being the face of economically with other renewables soon after entering the
Novige AB, Jan has been deeply involved in all technical and market.
practical issues related to the development, scaling up, and
That’s where our company, Novige AB, comes in. We are
validation of the NoviOcean technology.
a fast-growing cleantech startup which addresses these
Tell us more about your company/organization fundamental issues. We are developing a breakthrough wave
energy concept called NoviOcean. With NoviOcean, our goal
With oceans covering more than two thirds of the Earth’s surface
is to help fight climate change with profitable wave power. We
– and despite wave energy’s enormous potential (theoretically,
focus on:
wave energy could meet the world’s total electricity demand,
according to the IPCC) – this powerful source of renewable • Utilizingsimple, light-weight and proven components that
energy remains mostly untapped. have been used for decades in the hydropower industry and
other mature industries.
Some of the reasons why ocean energy has not been deployed
more commercially include perceptions around its reliability, • Using a global licensing approach to locally manufacture and
simplicity and costs. However, each one of these can be operate NoviOcean units.
addressed. • Achieving a lower levelized cost of energy compared to
offshore wind after deploying 50 MW of NoviOcean capacity.
Reliability in ocean energy can be achieved by using
technologies and systems that have been proven over time. • Developing infrastructure platforms for future offshore
Simplicity is an asset to ocean energy, as it allows for local hydrogen networks.

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ECO
WAVE
POWER
The Company The Solution
Eco Wave Power Global (EWPG) is an innovative Swedish EWP has developed a proprietary wave energy technology that
energy company, which has developed a patented, is installed on existing marine structures (breakwaters, piers,
reliable, and cost-effective technology for turning ocean and jetties) and efficiently harnesses the power of onshore and
sea waves into clean electricity. nearshore waves. We keep it smart, simple and cost-efficient!
The company’s mission is to assist in the fight against climate Competitive Advantage
change by enabling commercial power production from the
Reliable - Most of the system is located on land and is not
waves. EWPG’s common shares (ECOWVE) are traded on
exposed to rough marine environment. The station is controlled
the Nasdaq First North in Stockholm and its ADSs (WAVE) are
and monitored by a smart automation system which detects
traded on the Nasdaq Capital Market in New York.
storms and raises the floaters above the water level, for
The Market protection, when required.
The World Energy Council estimates that the market value Cost Efficient - Onshore installation, O&M and transmission
for wave energy is 1€ trillion worldwide, and that the potential costs are significantly lower than offshore ones. LCOE in
global energy production from waves is estimated to amount to commercial applications will be as low as EUR 42/MWh
29,500 TWh of electricity.
Insurable - Reduced Capex and Opex and increased reliability
The International Renewable Energy Agency estimates that by allow full insurability by reputable insurance companies.
using solely 2% of the world’s 800,000 kilometres of coastline Environmentally Friendly - No connection to the ocean floor
which exceed a wave power density of 30 kW/m, the global and no environmental impact.
technical potential for wave energy is about 500GW of electrical
Business Models
energy, based on a conversion efficiency of 40%.
BOO: EWP owns, finances and provides O&M for its power
The Problem station. The electricity produced is sold to the grid in-line with
According to the UN, energy production is the dominant a long-term PPA (up to 25 years). This model incurs a higher
contributor to climate change, accounting for 60% of global initial investment cost but provides a long-term recurring
GHG emissions. The production of clean electricity from the revenue stream.
waves will be an integral part of the world’s renewable energy
BOT: EWP funds and constructs the power station, and
mix and a significant part of the solution against climate change.
then sells it to a 3rd party. The project’s long-term fixed price
To date, most wave energy developers focused on capturing revenue under PPA is expected to be attractive for institutional
the power of offshore waves, resulting in expensive and investors, who can pay a premium to purchase the station.
complex projects (which required using ships and divers for
JV / Turnkey: EWP either sells the project to a 3rd party with a
simple O&M activities), therefore struggling to commercialize.
profit margin, or collaborates with strategic or financial partners
Whereas, Eco Wave Power has taken a completely different
who are willing to share the project risk with the company in
approach.
the form of a joint venture. EWP may continue providing O&M
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EUROPEWAVE
PRE-COMMERCIAL
PROCUREMENT (PCP)
PROGRAMME
• Project Partners: CETO Wave Energy Ireland Limited,
SAITEC Offshore Technologies, Yavin Four Consultants,
DNV UK Ltd, IHCantabria and Julia F. Chozas Consulting
Engineer
• Location: Europe
Carnegie, via its wholly owned subsidiary, CETO Wave Energy
Ireland Limited, has been selected as 1 of 7 contractors to
deliver Phase 1 of the €20m EuropeWave Pre-Commercial
Procurement (PCP) Programme, a competitive programme to
advance wave energy.
Carnegie has been awarded €291k (A$463k) for Phase 1 to
deliver a CETO tank testing campaign and a CETO concept
design for sites in Scotland and the Basque Country, subject to
contract signing. Phase 1 will commence on 3rd January 2022
and run for 7 months.
With almost €20 million in funding for the 3 phases of the
programme, which runs from 2022 to 2026, the EuropeWave
PCP is a collaboration between Wave Energy Scotland (WES),
a subsidiary of the Scottish Government’s Highlands and
Islands Enterprise and the Basque Energy Agency (EVE).

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BLUE-ENERGY COMPANY USES THE

POWER OF WAVES TO CREATE A
GREENER FUTURE
CalWave aims to unlock the power of the ocean through
its proprietary oceangoing device, which converts wave
energy to electricity
Did you know that the electricity sector is one of the largest
contributors of greenhouse gas emissions? CalWave is on a
mission to combat those emissions.
The company, which is based in the San Francisco Bay
Area, has developed an oceangoing device that generates
sustainable energy by converting wave power to electricity,
even under extreme sea conditions. Think of it as an offshore
wind turbine, but with waves supplying the juice. “Sustainability
is the driver of the entire project,” says CalWave Chief
Operating Officer Dan Petcovic. “If you want a net-zero future,
clean-energy generation is where that all starts.”
CalWave recently deployed its first unit in the Pacific Ocean off
the coast of San Diego. Watch the video to learn more about
how CalWave is working to address the effects of climate
change.

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CORPOWER PORTUGAL
SHARES WAVE ENERGY
MISSION THROUGH
COMMUNITY OUTREACH
PROJECT
CorPower recently opened its Portuguese base to the public and school students to share its pioneering work in wave
energy, and vision to support the future green energy transition.
The community outreach project took place over a two-day period in October as part of a broader tour organised by APDL
(Administração dos Portos do Douro, Leixões e Viana do Castelo, SA).
In Summer 2020, CorPower forged a deal with APDL, investing a total of 16million EUR to build a Manufacturing, R&D and
Service Centre in the sea port, for widescale production of wave energy converters.
The recent open day afforded an opportunity to update the local community on rapid progress towards CorPower’s first commercial
scale demonstration, plus involvement in the €45million pan-European EU-SCORES Project aiming to deliver the world’s first
bankable hybrid offshore energy park – linking wave and wind power.

Corpower WEC Wave Energy Converter

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HAVKRAFT
Havkraft AS is tailoring wave energy solutions for clients based on our unique and patented Havkraft Wave Energy Converter
(H-WEC). The technology is independent of both platform and materials, and it is completely scalable, making it possible to fit
any customer requirement.
The OceanONE powerplant, the world’s most efficient, nature-friendly, climate-friendly and cost-efficient wave power concep

Geir Arne Solheim

CEO Havkraft AS

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WINGED
‘SEA DRAGONS’
CAN GENERATE
ELECTRICITY FOR
25,000 HOMES
Swedish engineering firm Minesto, a The tidal turbines, or kites, are tethered benefit that they can be reigned in
spin-off of Saab, developed a series to the seabed by 131-feet (40-meter) during storms or extremely high wind
of tidal turbines, or “sea dragons”, metal cables. This, as well as their conditions to prevent damage to the
that look like submerged aircraft. 16-feet (five-meter) wingspan, allows systems. Both of these company’s
each of them to glide through the systems can be deployed as fleets,
The company is running two
water in a figure-of-eight pattern and with each of the machines tethered far
of the winged machines in
generate enough electricity to power enough apart that they won’t collide.
the waters of the Faroe
approximately 50 homes.
Islands in the North
Atlantic, where they The principle is surprisingly similar to a
generate electricity from flying wind turbine we reported on back
the ocean’s current. in October, developed by Kitekraft. In a
similar fashion to an aircraft, Minesto’s
winged turbines generate momentum
and electricity via lift exerted by the flow
of water, as opposed to air. Kitekraft’s
machines, meanwhile, provide the

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ORBITAL Orbital Marine Power (Orbital) has been chosen as one of

only twelve companies invited to take part in the Global

MARINE POWER Investment Summit (GIS), hosted by the Prime Minister

and supported by members of the Royal Family, taking

TO FEATURE
place 19th October in London.
Orbital recently built and launched the world’s most powerful

AT GLOBAL
tidal turbine; the O2, from the Port of Dundee, with the unit
now installed in the waters off the Orkney Islands in northern
Scotland where it is feeding power into the UK grid. Orbital

INVESTMENT
is focussed on commercialising its pioneering technology
through larger scale projects containing arrays of turbines,
both in the UK and abroad, with the business presenting a

SUMMI unique investment proposition in the rapidly expanding global

market for clean energy.

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SALE OF GREEN
HIGHLAND
RENEWABLES
SAE announces that it has agreed the sale of its subsidiary
Green Highland Renewables (GHR) for a total cash
consideration of £3m, payable in full on completion. GHR has
successfully developed and commissioned over 50 hydro
schemes across Scotland. Under the terms of the transaction,
VH Auslandsbeteiligungen GmbH (VHA) will acquire a 90%
interest in GHR and Mr Alex Reading (General Manager of
GHR until 9th December 2021) will acquire a 10% interest.

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CO-DEVELOPMENT
FOR THE PHARES
PROJECT
Akuo Energy, first independant French utility for renewable
energy production and SABELLA, pioneering actor in the tidal
energy field, have signed their co-development agreement for
the multi renewable energy project PHARES.
PHARES, coupled with other existing energetic projects,
will allow 70% of renewable energy penetration for Ushant
island in 2023.
Key facts about PHARES: multi-energy project with two tidal
turbines Sabella D12 of 500 kW each, a wind turbine of 900
kW, 500 kW of innovative solar photovoltaïc solution and a
storage capacity of 2 MWh, for a total installaed capacity of
2.4 MW.

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OCEANS OF ENERGY
WILL BUILD 1 MW OFFSHORE SOLAR
OFF THE COAST OF SCHEVENINGEN

Expansion of world’s first offshore solar system supported in which the Netherlands can meet its full energy needs from
by parties such as Vattenfall renewable energy from its own sea and land. With only 5%
of the Dutch North Sea, we can generate half of the entire
Scheveningen, The Netherlands; November 11, 2021 – Today
Dutch energy requirement with offshore solar,” says Allard van
Oceans of Energy and partners & observers announce the
Hoeken, founder and CEO of Oceans of Energy.
upscaling of the world’s first offshore solar farm system 20
times and expand it to 1 MW (MegaWatt). In the coming He continues: “I am extremely proud of the Oceans of Energy
years, the company plans to further scale up this system to team, of our partners & observers, the Dutch government
10 MW and then 100 MW. 100 MW is equivalent to an energy and all parties that contribute to add this new and potentially
supply for 30,000 households. The expansion of the offshore largest form of clean energy generation to the energy mix in
solar system to 1 MW is supported by a public contribution the Netherlands and worldwide. After all, half of the world’s
from the Demonstration Energy and Climate Innovation (DEI+) population lives in coastal regions.”
arrangement, provided by the Netherlands Enterprise Agency
More than twenty high-profile parties, such as Vattenfall and
(RVO).
RWE Renewables, have joined this project as partners or
“With the scaling up to 1MW we, together with our partners observers. A full list of partners and observers follows at the
& observers, are taking another huge step towards a future bottom of the press releas

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SOLARDUCK UNVEILS
DESIGN OF IT’S OFFSHORE
FLOATING SOLAR
TECHNOLOGY
Dutch floating structure specialist Solarduck has built a The first plant built with this technology is being deployed on
pilot 65 kW floating PV array that will be connected to a 10 inshore waters in the Waal (Rhine), the widest river of the
kW electrolyzer to produce hydrogen bonded with a liquid Netherlands, near IJzendoorn, a village in the province of
organic hydrogen carrier. The system is relying on the Gelderland.
company’s proprietary floating technology that resembles
According to the company, the 65 kW floating array will be
an offshore oil platform.
connected to a 10 kW electrolyzer that produces hydrogen. The
Dutch start-up Solarduck has unveiled the first demonstrator pilot project is being developed with Dutch hydrogen company
project relying on its floating structure technology for solar Voyex, which specializes in the production of hydrogen bonded
projects at offshore sites in estuaries, natural harbors and with a liquid organic hydrogen carrier (LOHC), an oil-like liquid
near-shore sites. that serves as a binding agent.

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SINN
POWER
We distribute our sustainable power generation technologies
designed for harsh and maritime environments.
Using the scalable versatile floating platform and our power
electronics, we provide the ideal components for our wave
power plants.
In addition, these enable seamless incorporation of other
sustainable generation technologies such as photovoltaics and
small wind turbines into our systems.
We configure structural and electrical technologies individually
assembled for your site and provide you with a one-stop
solution up to grid feed-in.

SINN Power GmbH

Germeringer Str. 9
82131 Gauting
Germany

[email protected]
+49 (0)89 9256 6192

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12/2021

Imprint
Publisher
Offshore Channel

Editor-in-Chief
Farshid Ebrahimi

Project Manager
Hossein Eskandari

Editorial Office
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