Oceans of Energy
Technology
OFFSHORE SOLAR: NEW AND UNIQUE TECHNOLOGY
Oceans of Energy developed unique technology for offshore solar, the standardized OOE Offshore Solar Farm System. It is the enabling technology or offshore solar in high waves with the lowest possible energy price.
The first in the world Offshore Solar Farm system was built with OOE standard components and installed at full sea in very rough North Sea conditions. Over the last four years the technology has matured based on real sea experience at this remote offshore location 15 kilometers off the Dutch coast, with waves up to 13.5 meters.
The OOE Offshore Solar Farm System is built to last 25 years at sea with minimum maintenance. The system is designed for scalability, as its modular design allows for up to 1 km2, 200 MW solar farms. Environmental research concerning the Offshore Solar Farm’s impact is highly valued for Oceans of Energy.
MOORING SYSTEM
The mooring system keeps the offshore floating solar farm in place. Our mooring systems are developed in-house, optimized for large offshore floating solar farms in rough conditions. We have no limitation for the waterdepth; currenlty our system is in 22 meters, but 100 meters...500 meters...all fine; the sky (or actually the seabed) is the limit!
PHOTOVOLTAIC TECHNOLOGY
Photovoltaic (PV) technology is a mature and economically feasible renewable energy source in nearly any region. Economic feasibility depends strongly on scale benefits at projects, and is therefore highly affected by space constraints. Moving solar to the space abundant seas allows large scale projects. They key is to allow PV panels to be placed in the rough and salt sea conditions. This is what we have been doing since 2019. Over the years we have tested various PV modules and we are using the best performing modules for offshore application.
WIND ENERGY
Wind speed and solar irradiation are complimentary, therefore integrating floating solar panels into offshore wind farms results in more efficient use of the offshore energy grid. This allows multi-use of space in the North Sea and increases the utilization and efficiency of the infrastructure such as the power export cable or electrolyuzer. In addition, the offshore floating solar farms provide wave dampening which improves the operation weather windows for offshore windpark operators as well as North Sea farmers of seaweed and mariculture. Together with partners, we research this wave dampening effect within the EU supported H2020 project UNITED. See our animation video by clicking in this box.