Norway’s Volstad Maritime has actually gotten HAV Group subsidiary Norwegian Electric Systems (NES) to provide the battery plan and also connected control system for battery crediting among its subsea building and construction vessels.
Bergen- based NES will certainly supply the tools to the Deep Cygnus about an upcoming vessel upgrade to battery power symbols prior to the vessel goes into a brand-new charter agreement in very early 2024.
During the previous 6 months, Volstad Maritime has actually additionally gotten NES to provide comparable battery packs and also billing system to the Volantis, Grand Canyon II and also Grand Canyon III overseas building and construction vessels. Deep Cygnus will certainly be the 4th vessel where Volstad orders a battery system from NES.
“We are investing significantly in upgrading and future-proofing our fleet of offshore construction vessels. Reducing the offshore industry’s CO2 footprint is a shared responsibility that we take seriously. An added benefit is that our vessels become even more attractive to customers who also want to reduce emissions associated with their offshore operations. To achieve this, we rely on close cooperation with key suppliers such as NES, who we have an open and trust-based relationship with,” claimed Trond Volstad at Volstad Maritime.
The Deep Cygnus is a dynamically located multi-role subsea building and construction vessel integrating a 150t energetic heave made up subsea crane. The vessel is 122 metres long and also has actually run in the North Sea in the last few years.
“Upgrading the Deep Cygnus with a battery is similar to the upgrade we are doing onboard Volantis, where we placed the battery and charger under deck in custom-made rooms,” claimed Egil Bremnes, sales supervisor at NES.
NES will certainly use proficiency throughout its 3 Norwegian centers– Bergen, Egersund and also Ålesund– to develop, construct and also check the battery plan and also control system, which will certainly be supplied in the 4th quarter of 2023. NES has actually not divulged the worth of the agreement, which has actually been scheduled as order consumption in the 4th quarter of 2022.
