TotalEnergies Embarks on Pioneering Floating Wind Turbine Project to Power North Sea Oil & Gas Platform

TotalEnergies Embarks on Pioneering Floating Wind Turbine Project to Power North Sea Oil & Gas Platform

(IN BRIEF) TotalEnergies has launched a pilot project to install a 3 MW floating wind turbine in the UK North Sea, designed to supply renewable energy to the Culzean offshore oil and gas platform. This innovative project aims to provide around 20% of the platform’s power needs, reducing its greenhouse gas emissions. The turbine will be operational by the end of 2025 and will be installed on a modular floater hull designed by Ocergy. The project is part of Crown Estate Scotland’s initiative to promote the use of offshore wind energy for oil and gas platforms.

(PRESS RELEASE) PARIS, 29-Aug-2024 — /EuropaWire/ — TotalEnergies has announced the launch of a groundbreaking pilot project in the UK North Sea, where it will deploy a floating wind turbine to provide renewable energy to the Culzean offshore oil and gas platform. Located 220 km off the eastern coast of Scotland, the 3 MW floating turbine is expected to meet around 20% of the platform’s power needs, significantly reducing its greenhouse gas emissions. This innovative project, slated to be fully operational by the end of 2025, represents a major step towards the decarbonization of offshore energy production.

The turbine will be installed on a modular, semi-submersible floater hull designed by Ocergy, which is expected to optimize both assembly time and costs. This project aims to demonstrate the viability of hybrid power generation on offshore platforms by integrating renewable electricity from the floating wind turbine with existing gas turbine power generation.

Marie-Noelle Semeria, Chief Technology Officer at TotalEnergies, highlighted the project’s dual focus: “This pilot not only seeks to validate the integration of renewable energy with conventional power systems on offshore platforms but also to qualify a promising new floater design for the future of floating wind energy.”

Selected as part of Crown Estate Scotland’s Innovation and Targeted Oil & Gas (INTOG) leasing round, this project underscores TotalEnergies’ commitment to reducing carbon emissions while advancing the development of renewable energy technologies.

About TotalEnergies in the United Kingdom

TotalEnergies has been present in the UK for more than 60 years, employing more than 1,800 people across the energy value chain. As one of the country’s leading oil and gas operators, the Company operates around 30% of the UK Continental Shelf’s gas production, with average daily production of 142,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boe/d) in 2023 in company share.

TotalEnergies is deploying its Integrated Power strategy in the UK, which combines renewable power production and flexible power generation capacities. Its renewable portfolio in the county includes 1.1 GW of gross installed capacity (Seagreen offshore wind farm) and 4.5 GW under development. It was complemented in 2024 by the acquisition of gas-fired power plants (CCGT) with total output of 1.3 GW.

The Company is one of the UK’s largest suppliers of gas and electricity to businesses and the public sector. TotalEnergies also offers EV charging solutions and markets petroleum products including lubricants, aviation fuel, bitumen and specialty fluids.

About TotalEnergies

TotalEnergies is a global integrated energy company that produces and markets energies: oil and biofuels, natural gas and green gases, renewables and electricity. Our more than 100,000 employees are committed to provide as many people as possible with energy that is more reliable, more affordable and more sustainable. Active in about 120 countries, TotalEnergies places sustainability at the heart of its strategy, its projects and its operations.

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