Wave-Wind Offshore Platform with Hydrogen: Floating Power Plant's SEAWORTHY Selected for EU Grant
plaTforms with onboard HYdrogen." Floating Power Plant said SEAWORTHY was an initiative aimed at combining wave and wind resources to generate electricity while using excess power to produce and store hydrogen.The SEAWORTHY project will be executed off the coast of Las Palmas in the Canary Islands in Spain at the PLOCAN test site, where it will provide renewable energy from wind, wave, and hydrogen."This grant can propel the advancement of sustainable dispatchable energy enabled by the world’s first wind-wave floating offshore platform with integrated hydrogen," Floating
X1 Wind's Floater Concept Ready for Testing
Technology developer X1 Wind said it has laid its dynamic cable clearing way for final installation of its fully functional floating wind prototype at the PLOCAN Test Site, in the Canary Islands.Having installed the modular concrete gravity anchoring system last spring, the Barcelona-headquartered firm is now announcing another milestone in its first ocean deployment project after completing the dynamic cable lay.X1 Wind’s Electrical Engineering Manager Adrian Oliva said, “The 20kV dynamic cable will allow us to fully validate the floater and wind turbine performance, feeding the electricity
Prysmian's Subsea Power Cables to Connect Canary Islands, Ceuta to Spanish Mainland
Prysmian, the Italian energy and telecom cable systems provider, has won two contracts worth approximately €250 million (around $253,3 million) by Red Eléctrica de España, S.A.U., the transmission system operator of the Spanish power grid.The contracts are for the development of two projects: a submarine power interconnection between the islands of Tenerife and La Gomera, and another submarine power interconnection between the Spanish mainland and Ceuta (a Spanish city on the north coast of Africa). Prysmian wil design, supply, install, and commission a 66 kV HVAC(High Voltage
Edward Heerema – Dutch Courage with Single-minded Focus
25 years. We know the deep sea well, we’ve laid pipe to almost 3,000 m water, so we are in our own field there. We feel comfortable we can solve the outstanding problems.”Testing has been taking place in the North Sea. Next it will be taken down to 2,500m depths for drive tests off the Canary Islands, followed by tests in 1,500 m depths deploying the riser and the collector, connecting them, then bringing them back onboard. Then, this summer, the system will be taken to 4,500m depth in the Clarion Clipperton Zone. There, it will perform its first pilot testing of nodule collection.Part
We’ve Discovered Why Some Whales Stop Feeding in Response to the Sound of Sonar
In September 2002, a number of beaked whales were stranded and killed in the Canary Islands during a NATO naval exercise. It was the first time we started to get a real understanding of the negative effects of sonar sounds on cetaceans, which includes whales, dolphins and porpoises.But why did the noise of sonar seem to affect beaked whales in particular, rather than other species of cetacean?In our new research, we’ve discovered that the response of each species to predators could explain why some whales and dolphins are more sensitive to this human-made noise.It was back in the early 2000s
Oceanology '22 Day 1: Expect More Data and Disruption in the Ocean Space
, and Subsea Europe Services working with Nicola Offshore on new ways to deliver data – and commoditise data – faster.“Autonomy and the digital ocean is the vision for us,” says Carlos Berrera, Head of the Ocean Vehicles Unit, Eurosea Project, at PLOCAN (Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands). He speaks for many here at Oi.“Autonomy and the digital ocean is the vision for us,” says Carlos Berrera, Head of the Ocean Vehicles Unit, Eurosea Project, at PLOCAN (Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands)
Maersk Supply Service to Install Gazelle's Floating Wind Platform in Canary Islands
Ireland-based floating wind platform company Gazelle Wind Power has partnered up with the Danish offshore support vessel owner Maersk Supply Service to support the development of a 2 MW floating wind pilot plant in the Canary Islands.The project will see Gazelle's floating wind platform deployed at the Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN).Maersk Supply Service will provide the project's engineering, procurement, construction, and installation (EPCI), which is expected to be completed in Q2 2023."Through Maersk's expertise in providing EPCI services, as well as their global
Offshore Renewable Energy: A Port Puzzle for Floating Offshore Wind
.But the action is not just in Scotland. The UK government has announced a £160 million funding pot for ports and factories for large-scale floating offshore wind buildout. In Spain, Capital Energy has signed two memorandums of understanding (MoUs) with the Astican and Zamakona shipyards in the Canary Islands to provide facilities for the development of floating offshore wind projects. In Taiwan, partnerships are also being built to further floating projects. Flotation Energy, for example, agreed an MOU with China Ship Building Corporation to explore local supply chain opportunities in floating offshore
Flotant Validates Dynamic Cable Concept for Floating Wind Projects
the application of an outer jacket made of carbon fibre reinforced composite, in addition to the development of a solution for sensor integration and interconnection of fiberoptic sensors for structural condition monitoring.Dr. Ayoze Castro, head of the Innovation unit of the Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN), is the project coordinator of the project.It includes 17 partners from eight countries, including Innosea, which was appointed to the consortium to provide a range of services across six of the consortium’s work packages – including for the dynamic cable and export
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