Both institutions have drawn up a common roadmap to work in a coordinated manner in key areas for the port system such as the fight against climate change and decarbonisation, the use of renewable energy, digital transformation, mobility and equality plans.

Jens Meier, who has travelled expressly to Valencia to get to know the activity and projects of Valenciaport, and Aurelio Martínez have shown their mutual commitment to work together on the present and future challenges of maritime transport and the logistics sector. A firm objective between two complementary ports such as the main ports in the North and South of Europe to carry out initiatives aimed at positioning their respective enclosures as benchmarks in sustainability and digitisation, advancing in the 2030 commitments of the European agenda.

In this sense, the president of the Hamburg Port Authority has known first-hand key projects of Valenciaport for the coming years to consolidate its position as a strategic hub of the Mediterranean as the north container terminal, the new multipurpose terminal of Sagunto or the public passenger terminal of the Port of Valencia. In addition, the initiatives being developed by Valenciaport in its 2030 objective, zero emissions, such as the installation of photovoltaic or wind energy, the construction of the electrical substation or the hydrogen projects, among others, were explained to him.

The Port of Hamburg is one of the most important ports in Northern Europe which has handled more than 4.3 million containers in the first six months of the year, 5% more than in 2020. It is the third European port in terms of container movement, while València is in fifth position, two complementary ports with great potential for developing joint actions.

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Aker Offshore Wind said its sister company Aker Solutions  would develop, manufacture, and supply the multi-million subsea project in Scotland as part of the ScotWind licensing process, for which it has teamed up with Ocean Winds to submit a series of floating bids which could deliver up to 6,000MW of energy in the Outer Moray Firth.

It would be by far the UK’s biggest wind energy development and power millions of homes with renewable energy.

Energy revolution

Sian Lloyd-Rees, managing director of Aker Offshore Wind UK, said: “Both the Aker group and Ocean Winds have the necessary heritage and experience to deliver this at scale.

“We know the benefit is there – it will revolutionise how energy is produced and present Scotland with the opportunity to export genuinely innovative technology to the rest of the world.”

Aker Solutions, a key supplier to UK wind projects, is a frontrunner in developing subsea substations and related power system designs.

The company would support the delivery of substations from its Aberdeen facilities.

Seabed offers reliability

Substations – which help move the energy created by wind turbines into homes and businesses – are traditionally installed above sea level but moving them down to the seabed brings several reliability and cost benefits.

For example, the seawater can be used as a natural cooling system, while reliability is increased through stable temperatures, fewer components and no rotating parts.

In addition, operational costs can decrease by less maintenance and reduced material use.

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The AiP was given to Dutch renewable energy company SolarDuck for its offshore floating solar solution ‘King Eider’, designed to help meet zero emission goals.

Koen Burgers, CEO of SolarDuck, said: “Bureau Veritas is a key name in the maritime industry, and well known for their certification of maritime structures. We are immensely grateful for their support and cooperation on certifying our technology and setting standards for the Offshore Floating Solar industry.”

Strong floating structure

Launched in April, SolarDuck’s first pilot ‘King Eider’ consists of four triangular-shaped units, which are mounted by 156 solar panels and deliver a combined electrical output of 64 kWp to the grid. The project was deployed in IJzendoorn, in the Netherlands. The structure holds the solar panels more than three meters above water level. The platform is designed to handle coastal sea conditions and hurricane-force winds. It is also optimised for offshore sites in estuaries, natural harbours, as well as near-shore sites.

Bureau Veritas was involved in the project from the design stage. The AiP covers the design methodology of the unit’s structure and validates the relevant parts against guidance note NI631 on the Certification Scheme for Marine Renewable Energy Technologies, and NI572 on the Classification and certification of floating offshore wind turbines. These guidance notes provide the requirements to certify novel marine renewable energy technologies.

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DNV’s Energy Transition Outlook, now in its fifth year and launched two months before COP26 takes place in Glasgow, provides an independent forecast of developments in the global energy system to 2050.

Electrification is on course to double in size within a generation and renewables are already the most competitive source of new power however, DNV’s forecast shows global emissions will reduce only 9% by 2030, with the 1.5˚C carbon budget agreed by global economies emptied by then.

Hydrogen is the energy carrier that holds the highest potential to tackle hard to abate emissions however, DNV’s forecast indicates hydrogen only starting to scale from the mid-2030s and, even then, only building to 5% of the energy mix by 2050.

“Extraordinary action will be needed to bring the hydrogen economy into full force earlier”, says DNV’s Group President and CEO Remi Eriksen.

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