Within the framework of WindEurope 2024, Navantia Seanergies presented its new CoEx Green Energies Center of Excellence, an initiative designed to advance the knowledge and development of renewable energies. This launch underscored the company’s commitment to promoting sustainable solutions and driving industry collaboration to accelerate decarbonization efforts.
During a panel discussion with the participation of key figures such as Juan Ramón Ayuso from IDAE-MITERD, Javier Herrador from Navantia Seanergies, Luis Velasco from Red Eléctrica, and Pablo Ayesa from CENER, moderated by Elena Corrales from Navantia Seanergies, the relevance of the synergy between different entities to achieve ambitious goals in the field of green energy was emphasized. This collaboration is seen as critical to fostering the innovation and talent necessary for a competitive and robust future energy industry.
Through this new center, projects that generate added and shared value will be promoted.
Floating marine substation prototype: part of ECOCFOSS project
Among the pioneering initiatives of the Center of Excellence, the ECOCFOSS project, led by Navantia Seanergies, stands out. This ambitious project aims to create a prototype zero-emission floating offshore substation for use in offshore wind farms. This is a collaborative effort, with the participation of Red Eléctrica, Sener, Uptech Sensing, Ditrel Industrial and Ocean Ecostructures.
The ECOCFOSS project, financially supported by the European Union through Next Generation EU funds, aims to design a fully sustainable substation. The substation will be equipped with a hydrogen-based power production plant, eliminating the carbon emissions associated with traditional diesel generators. This breakthrough will support floating offshore wind farms located far from the coast, through connections that include dynamic power cables with a capacity of approximately 400 MW at 220 kV.
With European targets pointing towards the expansion of floating offshore wind to 25 GW in the medium term and 100 GW in the long term, it is estimated that some 40 floating substations will be needed in the medium term and close to 200 units by 2050, with an average substation size of 500 MW.
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Source: energetica21.com
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