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NHV is the first helicopter operator to carry out a Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) flight in the o shore wind industry, in collaboration with partner TotalEnergies. This project marks the beginning of a long-term collaboration between the two companies to support their commitment to the energy transition. The first helicopter flight using sustainable aviation fuel took place at NHV’s headquarters at Ostend. The NHV helicopter flew a delegation of Elia and Belgian Politicians to Elia’s Modular O shore Grid (MOG1), a platform in the North Sea that bundles cables together from o shore wind farms and connects them to the mainland. On this flight, the use of sustainable aviation fuel produced by TotalEnergies reduced CO2 emissions by 27%. The sustainable aviation fuel is produced in Europe and made from waste and residues from the circular economy, such as used cooking oils.

Photo courtesy of Guillaume Birambaux.

On 10 October at 20:00h local time, the new platform in Brazil, Peregrino C, produced its very first oil. Peregrino phase 2 will extend the Peregrino field life to 2040. Phase 2 adds 250-300 million barrels of oil, while at the same time halving expected CO2 emissions per barrel over the field remaining lifetime. Peregrino phase 2 consists of a new platform with drilling facilities and living quarters tied in to the existing Peregrino FPSO, as well as a new pipeline importing gas to the platform for power generation. The project was on schedule for planned start-up late in 2020 when COVID-19 hit the project hard, leading to cuts in the workforce several times in the crucial and normally labor-intensive hook-up phase. Still, Peregrino phase 2 is delivered within the original USD 3 billion cost estimate. In line with Equinor’s low carbon strategy, measures have been taken to reduce CO2 emissions from the Peregrino field. By switching from diesel to gas for power generation on Peregrino C, phase 2 will avoid 100,000t of CO2 emissions from the Peregrino field per year. This will also reduce costs and simplify logistics in the operational phase.

Photo courtesy of Ricardo Santos/Equinor

Floating Wind Solutions Houston, USA30 January – 4 Februaryfloatingwindsolutions.com OTC HoustonHouston, USA 1 – 4 May2023.otcnet.org OMCRavenna, Italy23 – 25 Mayomc.it/enWindEurope CopenhagenCopenhagen, Denmark 25 – 27 Aprilwindeurope.org/annual2023Offshore EventsOffshore EnergyAmsterdam, The Netherlands 29 – 30 Novemberoffshore-energy.biz/offshore-energy-2022 Norshipping 2023 Oslo, Norway6 – 9 Junenor-shipping.com

GROW, a consortium of leading o shore wind industry and research partners, started as a six-years innovation programme in 2016, and on 13 October, the GROW partners signed a renewed programme agreement and will continue their innovation activities to 2030. They keep working together to reduce o shore wind costs and increase the value of wind energy in the energy system and the ecosystem. Furthermore, Fugro, GBM Works, Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy, and TotalEnergies have joined the consortium, which will further strengthen the innovative power of the programme. In the past years, GROW started nineteen projects with a value of about USD 60 million. Projects range from increasing the yield of a wind farm to improving the installation practices and technologies for the foundations of very large wind turbines. GROW creates the visibility of these projects and the partners involved by showing the innovative capacity of the Dutch o shore wind sector. GROW also represents the interest of its partners related to innovation policies and measures in o shore wind and stimulates cooperation with small and medium enterprises and higher education.

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Dutch heave compensation specialist Seaqualize has signed its first contract for their newly developed o shore lifting device, the Heave Chief 1100 (HC1100). DEME O shore US will deploy the HC1100 on the first commercial scale wind farm installation project in the USA, Vineyard Wind, to transfer delicate wind turbine components to and from heaving supply vessels. The HC1100 is currently the largest active heave compensator in the world. As a balanced heave compensator (BHC), it can compensate a vessel’s heave motions and safely quick-lift loads up to 1,100t, although being battery powered.

Next year’s Ocean Energy Europe Conference & Exhibition (OEE2023) will take place in The Hague, the Netherlands. The Dutch Marine Energy Community, led by the Dutch Marine Energy Centre (DMEC) as platinum sponsor with local support from the Municipality of The Hague, is looking forward to hosting this exciting event in the so-called City by the Sea. OEE2023 will bring together ocean technology developers, decisionmakers, supply chain actors and researchers from around the world to share the latest news from the world of ocean energy, and to define the future direction of the sector. Since the first edition in 2013, the annual Ocean Energy Europe Conference & Exhibition has grown to be the leading European event on ocean energy.

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TMC the metals company has successfully collected an initial batch of seafloor polymetallic nodules and transported them up a 4km-long riser system to the surface, in what represents the first integrated system test conducted in the Clarion Clipperton Zone of the Pacific Ocean since the 1970s. Having successfully completed the at-sea construction of the riser system and its integration with the flexible jumper hose and pilot nodule collector vehicle, the dedicated team of 130 crew and engineers aboard Allseas’ Hidden Gem commenced initial nodule collection runs, driving the pilot collector 147m in one hour on a pre-determined path and collecting 14t of nodules. From inside the collector, nodules were channeled to the jumper hose and into the riser where they were lifted on compressed air in a twelve-minute trip from seafloor to the Hidden Gem, where the return water was sampled before being returned to the midwater column at depth. Meanwhile, aboard a dedicated monitoring vessel, expert industry contractors and independent scientists from leading research institutions from around the world are conducting a complex monitoring program to assess the environmental impacts of the collector system trials using an array of over 50 subsea sensors and monitoring stations. The assets are designed to record any changes in the marine environment that may occur during testing of the collector system.