CLEAN MARITIME
The aim of our Clean Maritime team is to support and accelerate the decarbonisation of offshore wind vessel operations and promote maximum UK supply chain contribution in this market.
Industry is rapidly developing technologies that will enable this fleet deployment to be greener and smarter. The Offshore Wind O&M roadmap, developed with Operation Zero, highlights decarbonisation technology priorities for industry, covering battery electric, methanol, hydrogen and other alternate fuels. These technologies range from TRL2-TRL7. All face barriers to adoption at a fleet level which will require collaboration between RTOs, technology providers, vessel and infrastructure owners, offshore wind owner operators and government to be addressed.
In line with the rapid expansion of the offshore wind industry, the number of vessels required to support offshore wind developments throughout their operational life will also require major growth, to support over 850GW of capacity expected to be installed globally by 2050.
Globally, this could equate to up to 2325 CTVs and 423 SOVs in operation by 2050.
Although delivering this fleet is an acknowledged challenge, there is significant Government support available.
Industry itself is also prioritising and supporting this transition, with many Offshore Wind Owner Operators committing to Net Zero Operation plans by 2040; 10 years ahead of the wider UK target.
OUR CATAPULT'S EXPERIENCE & ASSETS
The Clean Maritime Team have supported projects under all rounds of CMDC and ZEVI and can support innovators from building collaborations based on an initial project idea through to delivering operational demonstrations.
The type of support we can offer includes:
Market intelligence and assessment
Supply chain assessment
Technology appraisals
Modelling tools for O&M vessel operations
Engineering analysis of offshore systems
Lifecycle emissions assessments
Test and validation
Operational integration
OUR ASSETS IN GRIMSBY, BLYTH & ABERDEEN
Our Clean Maritime and Smart O&M facilities and assets include:
Operations and Maintenance Centre of Excellence (OMCE) at Grimsby, the world's largest OSW O&M port
350kW shore power unit, to be operational Q4 2024
5G on and offshore testbed
3MW and 1MW drivetrain testing
Dry Docks
Robotics and Autonomous Systems (RAS) demonstration zone
The offshore renewable energy sector presents a significant opportunity for clean maritime vessels, technologies and infrastructure and ORE Catapult is helping innovators to bring products to market. Our workstreams focus on the market segments that ORE Catapult supports.”
David Cooper
Partnership Manager, Clean Maritime
CLEAN MARITIME WORKSTREAMS
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