Swedish energy-tech firm SeaTwirl and UK-based vitality administration and vitality storage agency Verlume have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collaborate on the electrification of offshore belongings and decarbonisation of the oil and gasoline {industry}.
The MoU will see the 2 corporations establish and pursue potential alternatives for decarbonisation of offshore oil and gasoline and different related offshore electrification alternatives utilizing renewable vitality, seabed-based vitality storage, and clever vitality administration.
SeaTwirl and Verlume plan to develop programs for industrial sale, utilizing mixed applied sciences.
“This MoU is a major step ahead for the decarbonization of the offshore oil and gasoline {industry} and we’re trying ahead to starting this collaborative working relationship with SeaTwirl,” mentioned Richard Knox, CEO of Verlume.
“As an organization, we’ve designed our subsea vitality storage programs to be agnostic to any renewable energy enter and we consider that by means of integration with SeaTwirl’s distinctive floating wind energy expertise, we’ll collectively be capable to present massive capability programs for clear energy supply throughout a variety of belongings and use circumstances within the subsea surroundings.”
Johan Sandberg, CEO of SeaTwirl, added: “We’re excited to enter this MoU with a longtime companion like Verlume, a well known model within the offshore electrification market.”
“I’m satisfied that our mixed capabilities and applied sciences will push ahead the decarbonization of distant belongings and show that the hard-to-abate emissions could be decreased by means of new expertise. At SeaTwirl, we stay up for persevering with to develop this market by means of this MoU and to develop the probabilities of renewable offshore vitality options.”
Aberdeen’s clever vitality administration specialists Verlume has developed a GBP 2 million (roughly USD 2.5 million) challenge linking the Blue X wave vitality converter constructed by Mocean Power with a Halo underwater battery storage system.
The industry-supported challenge, located 5 kilometres east of Orkney Mainland, demonstrates the combination of inexperienced applied sciences to ship constant and sustainable low-carbon energy and communication to subsea tools.
