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TECH NOTES NEW PRODUCTS, TECHNOLOGIES AND SYSTEMS

TOTALENERGIES MOSS MARITIME viding a safe space for the photovoltaic panels. Each ?oater

Floating Wind Turbine to Help Cut Platform may generate up to 35-45 kWp of installed power.

Emissions

Designed to withstand waves up to 8 meters, the de-

TotalEnergies unveiled plans to install a 3 MW ?oat- ing wind turbine to provide renewable power to Culzean ployment represents the ?rst full-scale test and a key mile- stone in the readiness of the product. offshore platform in the UK North Sea. The 3 MW ?oat- ing wind turbine will be located 2 km west of the Culzean

Ofshore Nuclear for O&G Decarbonization?

platform, 220 km off the eastern coast of Scotland. The

Saipem and newcleo have signed a collaboration turbine, expected to be fully operational by end 2025, will agreement to identify solutions for the offshore applica- supply around 20% of Culzean’s power requirement.

It will be installed on a modular, light semi-submersible tion of newcleo’s technology to produce nuclear energy, ?oater hull designed by Ocergy, allowing for fast assembly which could provide zero-emission electricity for oil and optimized costs, as part of the pilot project selected by and gas installations.

The companies will study the application of newcleo’s

Crown Estate Scotland’s Innovation and Targeted Oil &

Small Modular Lead-cooled Fast Reactor (SM-LFR) tech-

Gas (INTOG) leasing round.

nology to provide zero-emission electricity and process heat to oil and gas offshore installations, thereby improv-

XolarSurf Ofshore Solar Prototype

Developed as part of a joint effort by Saipem, Moss ing their sustainability performance.

The agreement also allows for the possibility of extend-

Maritime, and Equinor, the XolarSurf offshore ?oating solar prototype unit has been deployed offshore Norway ing the use of newcleo’s technology to produce zero-emis- sion electricity through ?oating nuclear units, connected where it will remain under sea trials for one year for per- to the electricity grid on land or to other users.

formance and production assessment.

newcleo's solution leverages passive security systems (ex-

XolarSurf is a modularized ?oating solar technology de- ploiting natural forces or phenomena without requiring veloped by Moss Maritime, Saipem's Norwegian subsid- iary specialized in design and engineering services for the active mechanisms), unique in the marine environment, enabling ef?ciency in the use of extracted uranium. offshore energy as well as other ocean-based sectors. “The production of zero-emission energy through ?oating

The solution can produce electricity from solar panels offshore plants equipped with new generation compact reac- mounted on ?oaters speci?cally designed for marine en- tors could represent a new frontier in the energy transition. vironments.

Its design grants signi?cant ?exibility as it is formed by With this collaboration agreement, we leverage Saipem's dis- tinct skills in the offshore sector as well as our ability to bring ‘islands’, each one consisting of several smaller ?oaters pro- 62 OFFSHORE ENGINEER OEDIGITAL.COM