Ocean Sun, Statkraft Working to Retrieve Sunken Solar Plant in Albania
Norwegian floating solar tech company Ocean Sun is working to retrieve its floating solar power plant that sank in Albania earlier this month.As previously reported, Statkraft and Ocean Sun said the first of four Ocean Sun floating solar plants - covering 4,000 square meters and with nearly 1600 solar panels - had started operation on Wednesday, June 2, at the Statkraft Banja reservoir in Albania.However, a week later on June 9, Ocean Sun said there was an incident with the floater, located on Statkraft’s 72-megawatt hydropower plant, where the floating ring with membrane and two connected
VIDEO: Floating Solar Plant Starts Operation in Albania
The first of four Ocean Sun floating solar plants started operation Wednesday at the Statkraft Banja reservoir in Albania.The floater is located on Statkraft’s 72-megawatt hydropower plant and is now generating renewable energy and injecting the power into the Albanian national electricity grid. The first unit covers around 4,000 square meters and has an installed capacity of 500 kWp, with almost 1600 solar panels deployed during two effective days of installation. Børge Bjørneklett, CEO and founder of Ocean Sun said: “We were able to mount nearly 1600 solar panels
World's First: DNV Launches Floating Solar Power Recommended Practice
, CNR (Compagnie National du Rhône), EDF Électricité de France, EDP Energias de Portugal, Equinor, Innosea part of Aqualis Braemar LOC Group, Isigenere, JLD Contracting, Mainstream Renewable Power, Noria Energy, QuantSolar Technologies, RWE, Scatec, Seaflex, SolarMarine Energy, Statkraft, SunRise E&T Corporation, TNO, and Total.DNV project manager Michele Tagliapietra said: “We created this recommended practice to ensure harmonized and quality approaches in developing floating solar power projects to increase confidence from investors, regulators and other stakeholders
Norwegian Firms Deploying Floating Solar Plant in Albania
Norwegian hydropower company Statkraft and its compatriot technology supplier Ocean Sun are set to start the construction of the planned 2 MWp floating solar pilot project in Albania.The pilot has an estimated total investment of EUR 2 million and will be placed at the Banja reservoir, where Statkraft is operating its 72 MW Banja hydropower plant.“Now that all regulatory approvals are in place, we have issued a notice to proceed to Ocean Sun for implementing the first phase of the project. We look forward to start construction by the end of June”, says Head Advisor IP Strategy and Asset
Statoil increases Share in UK Offshore Wind
Statoil and Statkraft have signed a letter of intent that Statoil takes over as operator of the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm from January 2017. Statoil will also through this deal increase its share in the Dogger Bank projects. Sheringham Shoal is one of the world’s 10 largest producing offshore wind farms providing renewable energy to up to 220 000 UK homes. Located off the coast of Norfolk, it has been in operation since 2012 and has a capacity of 317 MW. “Taking over the operatorship for Sheringham Shoal represents a milestone for Statoil, as our first operatorship during
OI 2016 Preview: Hydrography, Geophysics & Geotechnics
agenda as Ian Stennett, Head of Geophysics and Seismic Processing considers ‘High resolution seismic (HRS) for time-lapse imaging around a steam injection installation. After a short break, the conference ends with three presentations. Andy Barwise, Principal Geotechnical Engineer at Statkraft will highlight ‘An integrated approach to optimization of site investigation for foundation design through geology, geophysics and geotechnics’; while Carol Cotterill, Marine Geoscientist at the British Geological Survey considers ‘Past landscapes and their impact on current offshore
Statoil Green Lights Floating Wind Farm Project
;s Global Strategy and Business Development division is based in London. Statoil was the operator in the development phase for the 88 turbine Sheringham Shoal offshore Wind Farm, 20 kilometers off the coast of Norfolk. Sheringham Shoal started producing in 2012. The same year Statoil and Statkraft acquired the nearby Dudgeon offshore wind farm project. Statoil is also partner in the Dogger Bank offshore wind project. In combination, Statoil’s U.K. offshore wind business has the long term potential to provide competitive low carbon electricity to around 4.5 million U.K. homes
ASI Marine & its Mohican ROV perform Deepest Tunnel Inspection
of the Cheves Hydropower Tunnel in Peru and ended up breaking the ASI company record for the deepest flooded tunnel inspection at 570 m water depth. The Cheves Hydropower Project is being developed by EMPRESA DE GENERACIÓN ELÉCTRICA CHEVES S.A., a wholly owned subsidiary of Statkraft. The tunnel inspected is approximately 9.8 km in length, with a 35 sq. m. area horseshoe profile. The purpose of the inspection was to collect data inside the newly-constructed tunnel for general assessment of rock stress incidences. The tunnel was inspected internally with a Remotely Operated
MetOcean System Ordered for Dudgeon Wind Farm
Offshore Wind Farm will be built in water depths of 18-25 meters, located 32 kilometers off the coast of North Norfolk, U.K. Dudgeon Offshore Wind Limited, which holds the licences and consents to enable it to construct the Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm, is owned by two Norwegian companies, Statoil and Statkraft, and Masdar of Abu Dhabi. Statoil is the operator on behalf of the partners.
February 2024
