Experts discussed the applications of subsea technologies in power generation. According to them, this sector has a huge potential, including applications such as stationary offshore wind, turbines fueled by high content green or blue hydrogen, renewable power, etc.
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Moreover, existing offshore pipeline infrastructure could help these applications come to life.
Subsea Power Generation – some solutions to help its development
Today, at the Subsea Power Generation panel, part of the 52nd edition of the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC), experts in the subsea energy industry talked about the innovations the sector is currently experiencing; that will particularly help advance the energy transition and decarbonization of oceans.
Moreover, EC-OG has significant experience installing subsea oil and gas infrastructure and deployed its first tidal energy system in 2017. Indeed, for EC-OG, there are multiple sources available for clean energy systems like geothermal, tidal stream, hydrogen fuel cell, wind wave (floating solar), etc.
There is where Halo, a device for intelligent energy management and storage, comes into the scene. This solution can help store the remanent energy before its transmission to other devices.
Energy Storage – crucial for subsea power generation
Similarly, Lesemann talked about C POWER. Particularly, this company started in 2008 as a utility-scale ocean-energy company. Thus far, it has completed thousands of hours of engineering, modeling, and testing. Besides, it has a robust international supply chain and power base.
Particularly, C POWER has AOPS, a system that comprehends five essential sub-systems, including power generation, power and data transfer, energy storage system, payload interfaces, and station-keeping. Besides, it has four primary applications, including cost reduction, safety improvement, decarbonization, new capabilities, reduced shore dependencies, redundant or emergency power.
Additionally, CTO and Global Head of Technology Offshore Solutions with Siemens Energy, Stig Olav Settemsdal; commented that power consumers in a subsea field are continually increasing. Thus, water injection, electrical pipeline heating, separation, compression, pumping, subsea production systems could be some of the applications.
Specifically, these transformations could boost a sustainable energy mix with sustainable subsea and topside power generation. Besides, they will increase stationary offshore wind, turbines fueled by high content green or blue hydrogen, renewable power; and also energy storage for safety power.
