Keppel O&M, EMA Launch Call for Smart Solutions in Offshore Sector
with Energy Market Authority (EMA) to develop energy solutions in the areas of distributed energy resources, digitalization and emerging low carbon alternatives.As part of the $10 million partnership, EMA and Keppel O&M are launching a grant call for solutions relating to energy storage systems and smart power grids for the offshore and marine environment. "These solutions should seek to reduce overall energy usage and carbon footprint while enhancing overall operational efficiency. The grant call serves to encourage innovation and capability building for the wider industry ecosystem in
Subsea State? Steady with Waves of Optimism
are unfortunately still examples of poor behavior. There’s been a willingness to do things differently, to try new ways of working and explore the adoption of new technology. The painful cost-cutting is hopefully behind us and the focus needs to continue to center on relentlessly pursuing smart solutions and efficiencies, coupled with valued added services. But we still need to talk more frankly about cost versus value.Our approach to innovation is key to remaining competitive and ensuring that the costs we’ve managed to get down, stay down without any further erosion of margins. Digitalization
Subsea’s Future is Blowin’ in the Wind
for grid stability in the years to come, especially as the installed costs of battery storage systems continues to fall. Sebastian Bringsvaerd, development manager for Hywind and Batwind, explained that variability of renewable energy can be managed by the grid to a certain degree, but new, smart solutions for energy storage are needed to provide firm power.Equinor compares Batwind to an “energy warehouse” that works to mitigate intermittency and optimize output. Its purpose, Equionr says, is to “teach” the battery when to hold back and store electricity, and when to send
Port of Antwerp Tests Autonomous Sounding Boat
of a completely new generation of robots."Opstaele added, "With the help of the Echodrone it will be possible in future to carry out other types of measurements, such as environmental surveys, inspecting quay walls and so on. This technology is a real breakthrough for us in our quest for smart solutions for the port of the future. It is also a good example of our role as an initiator and facilitator of innovative initiatives."
European e-Navigation Solutions Tested for Human Factors
The EU funded EfficienSea2 project, which aims to implement innovative and smart solutions to increase efficient, safe and sustainable traffic at sea, has finished a full-scale simulation of a wide variety of e-Navigation solutions. The simulations, which involved 8 navigators and took a total of four days, were conducted at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden and focused on the human factors in e-Navigation. Multiple services, ranging from a digitalised form of Navigational Warnings to an interactive VTS-reporting system, were tested by the mariners on a full-bridge simulator
Autonomous Marine Water Sampling Completed ‘On-demand’
and in command of this mission said, “The ability to collect samples on demand enables us to better target areas of scientific interest, potentially allowing us to collect specific samples more efficiently. This mission was a big success. We demonstrated that there is great potential in smart solutions for monitoring ocean conditions and I am excited about the future for autonomous vehicles, such as the Wave Glider, as innovative ways to meet our scientific and monitoring goals.” “The Wave Glider is a highly adaptable, unmanned surface vehicle and mission tests like this
DNV GL Awarded Master Service Agreement with Statoil
& Gas in Norway, Kjell Eriksson. “Our key value contribution is striving to give advice, standards and processes that help our customers reduce their capex and opex spending while at the same time maintaining safety, integrity and reliability. We will deliver these services using data-smart solutions, creating cost efficiency for both Statoil and ourselves,” he concluded
Aker Solutions, DNV GL Enter Frame Agreement
better technology collaboration, more efficient project execution and considerable cost savings. The frame agreement covers the following business segments: Subsea, Umbilicals, Engineering and Maintenance, Modifications and Operations (MMO) in Aker Solutions’ business. "Finding smart solutions, innovating and streamlining the value chain is critical to address the cost issue in the industry," said Elisabeth Tørstad, Chief Executive of DNV GL - Oil & Gas. "The contract provides a framework for technology cooperation that gives us the opportunity to work closely
Making Seaweed More Useful: ABB Control Technology
for alginate is significant and growing,” he says. For nearly 60 years, FMC Biopolymer has harvested kelp from the sea to produce alginate. The factory is located outside Haugesund, at the heart of the oil and gas rich west coast of Norway. It combines traditional process technologies with smart solutions developed and optimized through the years. The entire 24 hour process is monitored closely by experienced operators and advanced process equipment. “In our processes, parameters such as temperature, mixture and timing are crucial to obtain alginate of the quality our customers demand
February 2024
