Recently, the first professional high-speed wind service operation vessels (SOVs) invested by the clean energy company of CNOOC officially set to built in Pinghu City, Zhejiang Province, marking the SOVs from the design to the actual shipbuilding.
Entering into deep-sea wind power is a new path for CNOOC to explore the differentiated development of new energy industry by combining with the main business of oil and gas. The construction of offshore wind power projects usually takes 2~3 years, and the operation cycle after completion is about 25 years, so high-quality SOV has become the key to the success of offshore wind power projects.
The professional high-speed SOV can provide a safe and convenient commuting support service for the crew, overcoming the problems of poor accessibility of offshore operations and high safety risks, to achieve rapid response of offshore operation and maintenance, and to ensure the smooth operation of offshore wind turbines and maximize the power generation capacity.
The 2 vessels built at the same time are steel and aluminum hybrid catamarans with a design speed of 18 knots. The two high-speed SOVs feature good safety, corrosion resistance, wave resistance, comfort and accessibility, and can also can safely lean against the wind turbine pilings under 2.5 meters of wave height.
The SOVs provide services for the construction and operation and maintenance of CNOOC offshore offshore wind farms with their performance advantages of energy saving and high speed, safety and reliability, and comfortable performance advantages, which can be widely used in various sea conditions in the Yellow Sea, East China Sea and South China Sea.
As a professional offshore wind power O&M company, Clean Energy is continuing to do a good job in the operation and maintenance of deep-sea floating wind power turbine platform “Guanlan”, exceeding expectations by 13% to complete the first year of power production targets. Meanwhile, the O&M of the project has also enabled Clean Energy to have a clearer understanding of the complexity of the operating environment of offshore wind power, the short operating window period, poor accessibility and other challenges.
At present, the clean energy company is providing solutions by the use of self-developed intelligent operational platform and the construction of high-speed SOVs for the operation and maintenance of subsequent offshore centralized wind farms, which will also help the company to gradually form core operational capabilities.