![]() ![]() Mocean Energy (Mocean) started its engagement with the North Sea oil and gas sector in 2019 after being selected for the TechX business accelerator program in Aberdeen, organized by the NZTC (formerly the Oil & Gas Technology Centre). These designs evolved into Blue X and the other products we are currently working on, Blue Star and Blue Horizon.” Recently, Commercial Director Ian Crossland joined the company, bringing a background in oil and gas and new technology start-ups. The algorithms we developed spawned new shapes not previously identified for wave energy that generated greater movement in waves, potentially producing up to 10 times more power than earlier designs of the same size. Bluex forward calls for system software#According to Netzler: “Our plan was to use software and numerical optimization to design wave energy converters, with a particular focus on the geometry. They decided to form their own company, Mocean Energy, headquartered in Edinburgh and with a base in Aberdeen, to industrialize their ideas for wave energy and to take advantage of financial support on offer from Wave Energy Scotland, the Net Zero Technology Centre (NZTC), the European Union, and the US Department of Energy. There he met Retzler, who had been Principal Scientist for local company Pelamis Wave Power, a developer of a wave energy converter system which had entered administration in 2014. McNatt, an American with a background in naval architecture and software development, came to Britain to study for a PhD in wave energy at Edinburgh University. Mocean Energy’s founders are Managing Director Cameron McNatt and Technical Director Chris Retzler. The consortium involved in the program includes one of the UK North Sea’s leading producers, Harbour Energy, and Baker Hughes. The development, supported by £3.3-milion ($4.5-million) funding from Wave Energy Scotland, could potentially provide reliable and relatively low-cost power to subsea production equipment, inspection ROVs and AUVs and other applications, for offshore oil and gas and wind. Trials will resume later this year on Mocean Energy’s Blue X wave energy machine following five months of tests at sea offshore Orkney, northern Scotland, in 2021. ![]()
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