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| Could the Power ARK 100 revolutionise the transfer of offshore energy? (Photo: PowerX) |
TRUST the Japanese to come up with a brilliant technological initiative!
The vessel pictured has been specially designed to transfer renewable energy from Japan’s offshore windfarms as an alternative to depending on seabed cabling.
On completion in 2025, the vessel - the Power ARK 100 - will carry 100 grid batteries, equating to 200 MWh of power which is equivalent to the total electricity consumption of 22,000 Japanese households per day.
The company behind the venture, PowerX, says it will also build a gigawatt-scale battery assembly facility in Japan to mass-produce batteries for the power transfer vessels.
It is likely that the progress of the innovative project will be followed closely by renewable energy companies with bases in Grimsby and operations off the cost of Lincolnshire and Yorkshire.
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