Promising results from case study of oil & gas platform electrification with wave energy
Karlskrona/Gothenburg, Sweden; 22 September 2022 – Offshore oil & gas platforms require constant power supply and decarbonization of this power is a high priority. A case study with Lundin Energy Norway has shown that wave power is highly competitive with offshore wind power, both in terms of levelized cost of energy and providing a more stable power supply that requires only half as much power balancing.
To assess the sizing and power balancing requirements of the oil & gas platform, a one-year time series with sea state data was analysed. A design for a 100 MW wave farm was