As published in ADIPEC’s daily updates

by Ian Crossland, Commercial Director

Mocean Energy is a Scottish-based, pioneering ocean energy company developing a range of technologies to help decarbonise maritime operations and accelerate the journey to net zero. 

Their flagship product is Blue Star, a floating wave energy converter (WEC) which combines wave and solar power with battery technology to deliver reliable green power to subsea operations. 

This technology has already been proven at scale as part of a 13-month pan-industry test programme which completed earlier this year, and which formed part of the £2million Renewables for Subsea Power (RSP) project.  During the sea testing, a prototype Blue Star WEC – named Blue X – was connected with a Halo underwater battery storage system developed by Aberdeen intelligent energy management specialists Verlume. The system also included autonomous under water vehicle (AUV) supplier Transmark AS along with Baker Hughes subsea control modules (SCM) demonstrating remote underwater vehicle residency and subsea well head operations  

Located 5km east of the Orkney islands in Scotland’s far north, the world-leading RSP project proved that wave and solar power can be combined with energy storage to provide reliable and continuous low carbon electricity and communications to subsea equipment, offering a cost-effective future alternative to umbilical cables, which are carbon intensive with long lead times to procure and install. 

The RSP project was led by Mocean Energy and Verlume alongside participants including energy majors TotalEnergies and Shell Technology – Marine Renewable Program, PTTEP, Serica Energy, Harbour Energy, Baker Hughes, Transmark Subsea, and the Net Zero Technology Centre (NZTC). 

Mocean Energy is now evaluating potential partnerships worldwide and to introduce the commercially ready Blue Star, delivering reliable low carbon power solutions and communications to subsea equipment.  

Mocean Energy is also developing Blue Horizon, a mid -scale machine which can deliver power to the grid, and to remote and island communities.  The technology was recently selected as finalist in the EU-funded EuropeWave initiative, securing over £3million to develop and deploy the product offshore in Scotland. 

The company ultimately envisions Blue Horizon machines being deployed in large farms, potentially alongside other renewables such as offshore wind, or floating solar, maximising the utility of offshore projects, and providing diverse and balanced renewable power. 

Ocean energy remains one of the world’s greatest untapped renewable energy resources and at ADIPEC, Mocean Energy hopes to meet investors and organisations interested in joining them on their exciting low carbon journey.