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HYBRIDS | OFFSHORE ENERGY approach is to lead by cutting energy consumption ? rst,” he The once-skeptical voices have grown quieter as the data concluded. “After that, the choice of fuel—be it methanol, hy- from the new ? eet comes in, proving that the big bet on ef? - drogen, ammonia, or battery—can follow once the market and ciency is already paying off—not just in lower emissions, but infrastructure are ready.” in the hard-nosed economics of offshore operations.

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The fully electric, W-type Ampelmann mo- tion-compensated gangway is a key compo- nent of Olympic's new CSOVs.

The Olympic Boreas is christened in Fos- navåg, the heart of the Sunnmøre maritime cluster on the northwestern coast of Norway.

The hybrid-electric CSOV Olympic Boreas, an Ulstein-designed SX222, operates in an offshore wind farm.

A rendering of the Kongsberg UT 7623 Sus- tainable Energy Vessels (SEVs) slated for de- livery to Olympic Subsea in 2027. The design is capable of serving both offshore wind and traditional oil and gas installations.

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