Mooreast to Anchor Floating Offshore Wind Farm in Southern France
for the Eolmed project located off the Port-La Nouvelle and Gruissan in Southern France.Bourbon will provide transport and installation services to the 30MW pre-commercial project, which is being developed by Qair, a European independent energy company, with TotalEnergies and floating technology supplier BW Ideol.Up to 35 tonnes each, the anchors command a holding power of up to 1,210 metric tonnes. The anchors, set to moor three floating wind turbines, are expected to be delivered by October 2024.The anchors will be manufactured at Mooreast’s yard at 51 Shipyard Road in Singapore.“The project
Floating Production – A Growing Segment in Transition
Korea and Europe.Finally, we are seeing a trend of certain key players in the floating production segment to leverage their expertise for executing challenging and large projects in deep water into the floating wind space, including Petrobras, Shell, TotalEnergies, Equinor, CNOOC, SBM Offshore, MODEC and BW Offshore.Competing for the Same Supply ChainsThe growth in activity in both the floating production and the floating wind segments will drive increased demand for engineering services, shipyard and port capacity, mooring system supply, dynamic subsea cables and specialist installation vessels. We are
Eolmed Floating Wind Farm Starts Taking Shape in Mediterranean Sea
the power grid.Towing and installation took place over a period of two months and involved the use of an anchor handling tug supply (AHTS), the Bourbon Liberty 222, equipped with a Bourbon remotely operated vehicles.The Eolmed project, led by the renewable energy company Qair and partners TotalEnergies and BW Ideol, is one of the first floating wind farm projects in the Mediterranean.Stephan Midenet, CEO of Bourbon Subsea Services, said: “The project demonstrates our ability to provide our energy clients with turnkey services mobilizing all the skills and assets of the group in EPCI mode, from the
JDR to Provide Inter-array Cables for 30MW Floating Offshore Wind Project in Mediterranean Sea
floating wind project, located 18km off the coast of Gruissan and Port-La Nouvelle in the Occitanie region, will be connected to the French Electricity Transmission Network (RTE), providing approximately 100 million kWh per year of power. The Eolmed, operated by Qair, with partners TotalEnergies and BW Ideol, will feature three wind turbines anchored to the seabed in a water depth of 60 meters. The project reached the final investment decision in May 2022.JDR will design and manufacture the 66kV dynamic cables, with the cable cores being produced at its parent company TFK’s Bydgoszcz plant
Floating Energy Allyance Selects Ocean Infinity for Offshore Wind Farm Survey
Floating Energy Allyance (FEA), comprising of BW Ideol, Elicio, and BayWa r.e., has appointed Ocean Infinity to carry out an initial geophysical and geotechnical site investigation at its Buchan floating offshore wind project, 75 km to the northeast of Fraserburgh, Scotland.The Floating Energy Allyance last year secured the rights to develop a floating offshore wind farm with an approximate capacity of 1GW off the northeast coast of Scotland through Crown Estate Scotland’s ScotWind leasing round.Ocean Infinity, the company that will be conducting survey, is a specialized survey firm using
Lander Lab #5: Lithium Polymer Batteries
.html>.Figure 4. A Gens Ace Tattu LiPo battery. The LiPo battery characteristics of voltage, capacity, configuration, and max current rating are shown. More background information on GensAce/Tattu LiPo batteries may be found at <https://www.genstattu.com/bw/>. (photo credit: Gens Ace)Because prismatic cells are vacuum sealed in a soft plastic pouch, they are pressure tolerant. There are no compressible materials on the interior so the rate of chemical reaction is unaffected by pressure. The matching BMS protection circuitry is likewise
Bourbon to Install Eolmed Floating Wind Farm in Mediterranean Sea
French offshore vessel operator Bourbon has won a contract to support the construction of the Eolmed project, a recently sanctioned pilot floating wind farm in the Mediterranean Sea, offshore France.The wind farm, owned by Qair, TotalEnergies, and BW Ideol, will consist of three floaters, each fitted with 10 MW turbines.This 30 MW project is located more than 18 km off the coast of Gruissan and Port la Nouvelle (Occitan region). The start of production is expected by mid-2024.Bourbon will be responsible for the offshore installation works, and its scope includes the detailed design, procuremen
Floating Offshore Wind: Attention Turns Subsea for Power Transport
designer Ideol and STX Europe Offshore Energy to develop a floating substation design. The idea was being developed under a research and development project called Optiflot, which also involved French industrial process firm SNEF, and was based on Ideol’s damping pool concept. In June this year, BW Ideol (having had BW Offshore as a shareholder since February 2021) said it was working with Hitachi ABB Power Grids on “scalable floating substations”, using Ideol’s shallow-draft floating platforms. BW Ideol said this collaboration follows the Optiflot project, which had now completed
Offshore Renewable Energy: A Port Puzzle for Floating Offshore Wind
signing an agreement with partners Falck Renewables and BlueFLoat Energy, to look at construction and O&M options for floating projects. Forth Ports has announced £40 million investment in its Edinburgh site, including dredging, to accommodate floating turbine construction and O&M. Developer BW Ideol has also agreed a partnership with Ardersier Port Authority for building concrete floaters. If successful with its ScotWind bid, TotalEnergies has pledged cash towards enhancing ports and harbour infrastructure in Orkney and Caithness, in Scotland. The NextGen consortium (Aker Offshore Wind and
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