QED Naval has teamed up with Offler Marine Services Group (OMSG) to provide offshore expertise with the selection of installation and recovery methods, to help de-risk and reduce cost exposure of the Subhub project and its payload of tidal turbines.
QED Naval, the developer behind Subhub tidal foundations platform, received the report from OMSG that states the installation of Subhub in 30-60 minute time scales and at a fraction of the typical installation costs was achievable.
Recommendations from OMSG’s report are currently being implemented into the prototype structure design, based on a 4 m diameter tidal turbine, to further fine tune the offshore installation and recovery process, QED Naval’s press release reads.
Jeremy Smith , Managing Director of QED Naval, said: “This report along with what we have learned from our ballasting trials at Forth Estuary Engineering are the positive indicators that significant reductions in the costs of deployment of commercial scale devices are not too far away. We are steadily moving towards offering our customers and their investors a generic deployment solution no matter what the location, environment or turbine used.”
The Subhub tidal foundations platform is designed to commission, test, transport, install, and secure a mini array of wave and tidal turbines to the seabed.
QED Naval is an Edinburgh-based naval architecture consultancy that is focused on the development of the marine renewable energy industry and the vessel requirements for deployment of offshore wind, wave and tidal devices.
OMSG is a UK-based company that offers project management and consultancy services to the marine, renewable and upstream oil and gas sector.
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