Tidal DP Barge
Lead Participant:
IT POWER CONSULTING LTD
Abstract
The project will develop and test a low cost Dynamic-Positioning barge installation vessel suitable for installing tidal turbine arrays at energetic and exposed tidal sites. The vessel will be based on a flat top barge with significant deck space and adequate craneage capacity to deploy a wide range of tidal devices of 1MW size and above with associated drilling equipment, umbilicals etc. The vessel will have a novel propulsion system and bespoke DP controller onboard designed to maximise the tidal and weather operating window of the vessel. The project aims to deliver a DP tidal array installation vessel that can be chartered at a small fraction of current offshore DP vessel rates. The partners are IT Power (project lead), KML (marine contractor & shipowner), Reygar Ltd (DP controller developer) and A&P (Falmouth based shipbuilders).
Lead Participant | Project Cost | Grant Offer |
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IT POWER CONSULTING LTD | £133,415 | £ 66,241 |
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Participant |
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RICARDO-AEA LIMITED | ||
A&P FALMOUTH LIMITED | £564,417 | £ 282,209 |
REYGAR LIMITED | £302,062 | £ 181,237 |
IT POWER LIMITED | £83,139 | £ 41,570 |
KEYNVOR MORLIFT LIMITED | £1,958,606 | £ 943,069 |
People |
ORCID iD |
Ned Minns (Project Manager) |