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OceanTech Program 2021
May 19 - 21
Zhejiang University
Zhoushan Campus
Zhoushan, Zhejiang Province
China
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ConocoPhillips China Inc. (COPC) and China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) recently announced the initiation of the Penglai Offshore Windfarm Pilot Project
- The project will utilize wind energy to supply power to the Penglai Oilfield, China’s largest offshore oil and gas production base
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- Four wind turbines with a total installed capacity of 34 MW
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- Potential to provide over 30% of the power needed for the Penglai Oilfield’s operations
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Tour Australia's Oceanographic Research Vessel Investigator
- R/V Investigator is a 94-metre ocean research vessel capable of delivering up to 300 research days each year. The vessel was purpose built and commissioned in 2014. It has impressive scientific capabilities and possesses a wide range of on-board and modular laboratories and facilities.
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- The vessel supports biological, oceanographic, geological and atmospheric research, as well maritime training and education and outreach activities. It accommodates 40 researchers and technicians and 20 crew, and has an endurance of 60 days and 10,000 nautical miles without resupply.
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State Power Investment Corporation (SPIC) has put into operation the world’s first offshore floating solar power plant integrated with offshore wind turbine, at a site located off the coast of China’s Shandong Province.
- Utilizes patented offshore floating solar technology from Norwegian-based company Ocean Sun
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- With installed capacity of 0.5MWp, the plant is connected to the transformer on a SPIC-owned wind turbine and then linked to the power grid through the subsea cable of the wind farm.
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- The partners plan to promote the use of Ocean Sun’s technology to build a floating wind-solar project with a total capacity of 20MW in 2023.
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The National Mapping and Resource Information Authority (NAMRIA) of the Philippines joins the Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project
- “We want to see the Philippines become a geospatially empowered nation,” commented NAMRIA Administrator, undersecretary Dr Peter N. Tiangco
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- Seabed 2030 project director Jamie McMichael-Phillips said: “Our partnership with NAMRIA is a significant development for the project. As a founding member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the Philippines has become the first member state to sign up to Seabed 2030, demonstrating its commitment to developing our understanding of ocean science, and working towards Sustainable Development Goal 14: to conserve and sustainably use the oceans.
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Donghai Laboratory launched in Zhoushan, Zhejiang Province, China by the Zhoushan municipal government, Zhejiang University, and the Second Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources
- The Donghai Laboratory will focus on the research of marine environment observation, marine power systems, and marine green resources, and, by 2025, it will have research teams with about 1,000 experts from around the world
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- A USD $222.63 million, 100,000+ square meter industrial park for the Donghai Laboratory will be constructed within five years
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Reports
World Forum Offshore Wind Global Offshore Wind Report - First Half 2022
- A total of 6.8 GW of global offshore wind capacity was added during
HY 1 2022, mainly driven by strong growth in China
- Globally, 33 new offshore wind farms went into operation:in China (25); in Vietnam (5); in the United KingdomUK (1); in South Korea (1) and in Italy (1)
- Download the complete report from World Forum Offshore Wind website: https://wfo-global.org/reports/
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AWTEC - 6th Asian Wave and Tidal Energy Conference
China's Goldwin unveils a 13.6 megawatt (MW) offshore wind turbine with a record-breaking rotor diameter of 252 meters (827 feet)
- Swept area of 50,000 square meters (538,196 square feet)
- Able to generate 63.5 million kWh per year
- Able to reduce coal by 19,000 metric tons and CO2 emissions by 48,000 metric tons
- Now the largest single-unit turbine in the Asia-Pacific region
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AWTEC - 6th Asian Wave and Tidal Energy Conference
Wello Oy's unique Penguin optimizes an unstable hull design for its wave energy conversion technology
- Heikki Paakkinen, Wello’s founder and CEO began developing wave energy devices and the associated technology as a hobby at a young age.
- Wello was formed in 2008, and, a 28-meter prototype was built and deployed to the European marine and energy center in Orkney Scotland
​- A commercially ready 44-meter version of the Penguin WEC-2 Wave Energy Converter was completed in 2018, and deployed off the coast Armintza, Basque Country, Spain in August 2021
​- Wello and Export Barbados signed a commercial agreement in August, 2022 for deployment of a 5 MW wave energy farm in Barbados, with an option to extend up to 50 MW feeding the power into a hydrogen production plant
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AWTEC - 6th Asian Wave and Tidal Energy Conference
An overview of some Offshore Wind energy exhibits at WindEnergy Hamburg exhibition 27 – 30 September 2022
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AWTEC - 6th Asian Wave and Tidal Energy Conference
China's first "offshore wind power + marine ranch + seawater hydrogen production" integration project started off Yangxi, southwest Guangdong province
- MingYang Smart Energy will deliver 25 MySE11-230 units, 18 MySE12-242 units and a 16.6MW floating unit
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- The total installed capacity of the project is 500MW
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- The comprehensive land and sea construction of Mingyang Group's Qingzhou IV 500MW project has important strategic significance for Yangxi to speed up the construction of a 10 million kilowatt-class offshore wind power production base.
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AWTEC - 6th Asian Wave and Tidal Energy Conference
Baihetan, the world’s first 2,000-ton-class offshore wind farm installation vessel put into operation in Guangzhou China
- An integrated wind power installation platform with the strongest lifting capacity, the deepest operating water depth, the largest variable load and the largest deck area in the world
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- Integrates transport, self-elevation, lifting and dynamic positioning and the requirements needed for operating in deep and remote seas.
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- 126-meter-long, 50-meter-wide
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Image: Adam Glanzman / Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Wireless, battery free underwater camera developed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is about 100,000 times more energy-efficient than other undersea cameras
- “We are missing data from over 95 percent of the ocean. This technology could help us build more accurate climate models and better understand how climate change impacts the underwater world” MIT Associate Professor Fadel Adib
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Image: Rui Wang | Institute of Automation | Chinese Academy of Sciences / Tech Xplore
New offshore floating fish farm vessel completed by China’s Qingdao Beihai Shipbuilding
Lu Ji Yu Yang60616 (“Lu Ji Fishing and Aquaculture 60616”) is a self-propelled vessel designed jointly by the Guangzhou Ship and Ocean Engineering Design and Research Institute and the Institute of Fisheries Machinery and Instruments of the Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences (CAFS).
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- LOA of 249 metres,
- Beam of 45 metres,
- Displacement of approximately 130,000 tonnes,
deadweight of 100,000 tonnes,
- Total capacity for 90,000 cubic metres of water in its 15 breeding tanks
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AWTEC - 6th Asian Wave and Tidal Energy Conference
Eco Wave Power Global AB initiates real-conditions testing of its wave energy EWP-EDF One pilot project at the Port of Jaffa in Tel Aviv, Israel
- On August 1st, 2022, Eco Wave Power’s engineering team met with representatives from the Israeli Electric Company (IEC) to coordinate the next steps for the actual grid connection works
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- The EWP-EDF One wave energy pilot project will be the first time in the history of Israel that electricity produced by the power of the waves will be officially transmitted to Israel’s national electric grid
- The EWP-EDF One project is executed in collaboration and co-funding from EDF Renewables IL and the Israeli Energy Ministry
Image: Cable data by Greg Mahlknecht, map by Openstreetmap contributors / Article: Submarine Telecoms Forum
Evolving SubSea Technologies Impacting Submarine Cables
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AWTEC - 6th Asian Wave and Tidal Energy Conference
Sustainable Marine launches AROV2 rock anchor installation system for offshore renewables, including tidal energy and floating wind
-AROV2 will form a key asset in Sustainable Marine’s new ‘Swift Anchors’ division offering solutions for more efficient mooring installations for direct embedment anchors drilled into the seabed.
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Image: Rui Wang | Institute of Automation | Chinese Academy of Sciences / Tech Xplore
Bionic underwater vehicle inspired by fish with enlarged pectoral fins
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- Underwater robots often need to be able to move or hover at low speeds in turbulent waters, while performing a specific task
- It is difficult for the propeller to move the robot in these conditions
- Another factor when an underwater robot is moving at low speeds in unstable flowing waters is the propeller's "twitching" movement
- This twitching generates unpredictable fluid pulses that reduce the robot's efficiency
Image: Victor Leshyk / Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) News
AWTEC - 6th Asian Wave and Tidal Energy Conference
Energy output of wind farm installations can be increased by modeling the wind flow of the entire collection of turbines and optimizing the control of individual units
- All existing utility-scale turbines are controlled to maximize only their own power production, as if they were isolated units with no detrimental impact on neighboring turbines.
- By reducing wake losses, the algorithm could make it possible to place turbines more closely together within future wind farms, therefore increasing the power density of wind energy, saving on land (or sea) footprints
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SEA-KIT Uncrewed Surface Vehicle (USV) returns from first volcanic caldera survey in Tonga
- The 12-metre USV ‘Maxlimer’ is being remotely controlled on its caldera missions from SEA-KIT’s base in Essex, United Kingdom
- Equipped with a Multibeam Echo Sounder (MBES) to acoustically measure depth and state of the seabed
- Winch capability for deployment of multiple sensors down to 300 metres to obtain direct water column measurements
- NIWA/Nippon Foundation Tonga Eruption Seabed Mapping Project – TESMaP, funded by The Nippon Foundation
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Advanced Navigation in Australia is working to transform the world of underwater drone technology
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- “We wanted to take all of that technology that’s usually the size of a table and pack it into a tiny little vehicle that could be hand-deployed and deployed from anywhere and by anyone,” Xavier Orr, CEO, Advanced Navigation
- ‘Hydrus’ is about the size of a vacuum cleaner, fully autonomous, programmable and capable of depths to 3,000 meters below sea level
- Advanced sonar, navigation and communications systems
- Cinema-grade 4K 60 fps camera and an artificial intelligence engine
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