Offshore staff
OSLO, Norway — DNV and Netherlands-based Oceans of Energy have joined forces to accelerate the deployment and scaling of offshore solar technologies.
DNV has handed over a statement of conformity for the basis of design of their offshore solar technology to Oceans of Energy.
The statement of conformity verifies that the design methodology complies with the comprehensive set of requirements and guidelines provided by DNV’s Recommended Practice for the design, development, operation and decommissioning of floating solar photovoltaic systems – DNV-RP-0584.
With a goal to reach 150 MW-scale offshore solar farm systems by 2028, Oceans of Energy sought independent confirmation of its technology and system design, and contracted DNV to first deliver the aforementioned statement of conformity, and, in a later phase, conduct a prototype verification of their second-generation offshore solar farm design for rough North Sea conditions, as implemented in the current pilots.
The North Sea Two location is operational at 400 kW and set to expand to 1 MW in the coming year. The future holds even greater ambitions with North Sea Three projected to reach a multiple MW system size, and subsequent projects expected to reach tens of MW.
DNV's statement of conformity confirms that Oceans of Energy’s basis of design complies with the requirements of DNV-RP-0584 for certain operational limits, thus providing crucial risk reduction for North Sea Two and forthcoming solar farms within offshore wind farms. This independent confirmation of the technology and system design basis enables Oceans of Energy to scale in a safe and reliable way, the company said.
This is the first offshore solar basis of design to receive a statement of conformity in the EU, according to DNV.
10.09.2023
