Platform-mounted automated offshore power and charging system
Project: Platform-mounted automated offshore power and charging system
Partners: MJR Power & Automation, Blackfish Engineering
Funding: Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition Round 1 (CMDC1)
Details:
The purpose of the offshore charging project is to design, develop and demonstrate a wind turbine-mounted charging system for CTVs. This will allow for the efficient, safe and reliable transfer of renewable power to both fully electric and hybrid crew transfer vessels directly from source.
This project will be the world’s first charging system installed at an operational offshore wind farm, and trials are expected to be completed by June 2024.
Expected Outcomes:
The transition to electric crew transfer requires the rapid development and scale-up of supporting charging infrastructure. The increased availability of charging systems will both help eliminate the use of fossil fuels, and greatly extend vessels’ operational capacity and time at sea.
Turbine-mounted systems not only offer safe and reliable charging for CTVs, but have applications for larger SOVs and vessels travelling longer distances which can use wind turbines as ‘top-up’ points along their journey.
