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SINGAPoRE
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renewables
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soil Machine dynaMics lTd
Turbinia works, davy bank, wallsend,
newcasTle upon Tyne, Tyne and wear,
ne28 6uZ, uk
T +44 191 234 2222 e info@sMd.co.uk
www.sMd.co.uk
RENEWABLES BuSINESS STREAm mANAGER RENEWABLES PRINCIPLE ENGINEER
clive adshead andy hunT
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THE QUEEN’S AWARDS
FOR ENTERPRISE:
I N N O V AT I O N
2011

2. Smd — RENEWABLE ENERGy BuSINESS STREAm INSTALLATIoN
the renewables business stream is dedicated to marine renewable energy, aiming to
bring its subsea engineering expertise to bear in offshore wind, wave, tidal and ocean one of the main challenges that affect Smd current conditions, through reduced line sMd is continuing to
flow markets. the aims and ambitions are “to use the company’s experience in all and the wave and tidal industry as a whole interface between drill rig and parent
aspects of the ‘life’ of a marine renewable device: - design & development, manufacture, are the installation of multiple units in short surface vessel. apply its experience to
tidal and weather windows. The difficulties
installation, maintenance and de-commissioning” and “to be the first choice provider
in operating in a harsh marine environment, in previous years, sMd has already achieved
develop the required
and collaborative partner for the development and manufacture of marine energy where weather and tidal restrictions limit considerable success in evolving proven reMotely operated,
converters and associated, specialised infrastructure equipment solutions installation activities, is not to be cable burial technology for the offshore wind
underestimated. Reducing installation times industry. providing the novel seabed tractor enabling technologies
and avoiding the need for diving activities is (lbT1) for Mpi utilised for inter array cable
a key objective to successful and economical installation at the north hoyle and scrobie
to help deploy Marine
dESIGN ANd dEvELoPmENT
operations. sands offshore wind farms, and also the hd energy devices,
cable plough (seen opposite), for oceanteam.
Smd understand the need for collaboration two contra-rotating 500kw turbine/
one such concept sMd is working to develop through building
within the marine renewable energy generators mounted together by a cross
industry to accelerate commercialisation beam, the complete assembly being buoyant
with a collaboration partner is a remotely wider collaborative
operated subsea drilling rig providing shorter
and are actively pursuing opportunities and secured to the seabed.
to utilise the experience gained in
installation times and freedom of marine agreeMents with
operations for the parent vessel in higher
developing TidEL to commercially assist The novel mooring system allows the device developers,
other device developers. turbines to align themselves ‘downstream’ of
the prevailing tidal flow. These 1Mw units are installation and
using the extensive experience gained in designed to be mounted in an offshore tidal support contractors.
subsea design engineering sMd have already environment with a peak velocity of 9 knots
designed and tested a 1/10th scale model of a (or more) in a water depth of greater than 30
deep water, moored tidal stream generating meters with no visual impact on the
device concept, known as ‘Tidel’, at the new environment. a similar size or larger variants
and renewable energy centre (narec) in could be deployed in ocean flow.
blyth. The full scale prototype will consist of
mANufACTuRE
As a company experienced in ‘systems sMd have applied their experience in subsea
integration’ and with a wide network of control systems and electrical power
both local and country wide sub- connections to assist arc in the design and
contractors Smd is well placed to carry commissioning of the ak1000 systems. The
out prototype device fabrication, assembly control cabs were outfitted and
and commissioning; leading to the ability commissioned at sMd prior to delivery
to manage and undertake commercial directly to the eMec test site in orkney.
scale production.
sMd has developed significant experience in
sMd entered into a collaboration control system and hydraulic system design
agreement with atlantis resources and engineering, utilising this experience in
corporation (arc) for the technology subsea applications and vehicle launch and mAINTENANCE ANd dE-CommISSIoNING
integration and manufacture of the recovery systems (lars). This experience
ak1000, claimed to be the world’s largest was adapted for pelamis wave power limited With world leading experience in the design, • Remotely operated vehicles
‘free stream’ tidal turbine. who contracted sMd to provide a remotely engineering, production and operation of designed to operate in tidal currents
operated, diesel powered, hpu to control the sub sea vehicles and associated equipment; greater than 10 knots
The nacelle and major power train mooring winch for the installation of their p2 combined with significant experience and
components of this prototype device were unit at eMec in 2010. knowledge of the marine Renewable Energy • Launch and recovery systems
fabricated, assembled and commissioned Industry requirements, Smd is also looking adapted to ease installation and
at the sMd facilities in wallsend, to adapt and develop previous technologies recovery of components and/or devices
newcastle; the turbine nacelle was such as:
delivered to invergordon for final assembly
of the blades and gravity base.