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SUBSEA PROCESSING

While much of the equipment is the same, there are differ-

Collaborating to set industry standards ences between ? oating and ? xed substations that need to be

DNV is hoping to launch a joint industry project to align best considered. “The main difference is the movement and ac- practice in this space so that technology development can hap- celerations of the ? oater, combined with the high-capacity pen and scale-up faster. The organization says there’s a stan- dard for offshore substations (DNV-ST-0145), but that with speci? cations the power equipment will see, and the dynamic a trend towards ? oating wind, it wanted to develop rules for capabilities required of the cable, combined with high volt- age,” says Berg. “There are experiences to build on from ? oating substations.

More than 20 companies took part in an initial workshop power equipment onboard ships, but not to the speci? cations and 29 partners are now interested, with kick off is expected required for this equipment. There are also experiences for dynamic power cables from oil and gas, but this is limited in Q1 2022. “The whole value chain from developers, tech- compared to what we need in order to take ? oating substations nology suppliers, sub-suppliers, integrators and infrastruc- ture owners are on the list,” says Kristin Nergaard Berg, into use, and for both AC and DC applications. Smaller proj-

Senior Principal Consultant and JIP Project Manager. “The ects may require less of the equipment and as such represent core scope is on design and quali? cation of new technology, less of a technical gap. Some ? oating wind farms may even be getting the right design and quali? cation requirements into able to use bottom-? xed substations, when the water is not too the standards to reduce risk of taking these systems into use. deep. However, for big commercial windfarms in deep waters and far from shore you need a substation of high capacity –

We expect to see the main gaps related to HV power equip- ment and dynamic cables, but there may also be other areas either ? oating or subsea.” we need to address.”

Floatgen 3, using

BW Ideol’s damping pool technology.

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