Twenty-one of the awards are located in the North Sea, ten in the Norwegian Sea, and four in the Barents Sea, 17 of the licences with Equinor as an operator.
According to Fugro, the partners aim to meet Vietnam’s rising demand for geophysical, geotechnical and metocean data services in the country’s growing offshore wind industry.
The renewable energy generated will be used to power Open Street Corporation's state-of-the-art electric mobility vehicles and to power and navigate an electric boat.
Oceans of Energy's Offshore Solar basis of design achieves a significant milestone as recipient of a Statement of Conformity for rough environmental conditions, like in the North Sea.
The design results were compared to the vessel and port consumption demand to determine that a combination of PV-generated and grid supplied shore power could be cost effective compared to traditional onboard generators.
This is the first time such an approval has been granted to an offshore floating solar technology, marking the beginning of a new era for this form of renewable energy.