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OPT © Ezume Images / Adobe Stock innovation to the world of energy infrastructure, to explore employs advanced oxyfuel combustion to convert high new solutions that can accelerate the path towards decarbon- CO2 natural gas into dispatchable power while capturing ization,” said Alessandro Puliti, CEO of Saipem. 100% of the CO2 emissions.

The CO2 is immediately injected into a reservoir for

OPT’s PowerBuoy permanent storage or can be used to increase production

Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) recently completed of both oil and gas before being permanently stored.

the demonstration of its next-generation PowerBuoy, de- The advantage of ZEUS technology innovation is the signed as an uninterruptable offshore power supply unit ability to handle the combustion at elevated pressures, en- which exploits the energy of waves, sun and wind. abling more compact and simpli?ed process equipment.

OPT completed more than four months of offshore test- This could lead to signi?cant cost savings while enhancing ing of its next generation PowerBuoy in the Atlantic Ocean CO2 management capabilities. In short, ZEUS aims to off New Jersey. The solar and wind power equipped Power- deliver zero-emission, affordable and reliable power and it

Buoy also featured OPT’s AI-capable Merrows suite of solu- is positioned to be a signi?cant bridge technology in the tions. The system maintained 100% data uptime and the transition to a more sustainable energy landscape.

state of charge of the batteries remained over 90% through- out the deployment, according to the U.S.-based company.

During the deployment, several intelligence, surveil- lance, and reconnaissance demonstrations for potential customers were completed.

OPT’s PowerBuoy has been designed to act as an Un- interruptable Power Supply (UPS) which constantly re- charges itself by harvesting energy from the waves, as well as wind and sun.

ZEUS Bridges the Power Generation Gap

Aker Solutions, in collaboration with Petronas and

Clean Energy System, launched a pilot project featuring the Zero Emission Power Station (ZEUS), a pioneering energy solution that uses oxyfuel combustion with im-

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