Yesterday, the Carbon Trust hosted the first UK demonstration of the Wave Craft vessel Umoe Ventus at Seawork International 2015 in Southampton.
The new vessel, developed by Umoe Mandal with support from the Carbon Trust’s Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA), is a surface effect ship (SES), using an air cushion to lift 80 percent of the vessel and ensuring that only a small part of the hull is in the water.
In March, DONG Energy has chartered the first Wave Craft vessel at the Borkum Riffgrund 1 Offshore Wind Farm in the North Sea.
Images: Carbon Trust/ Dick Hill, Offshore WIND