Offshore
The global offshore wind market outlook to 2030 has grown even more promising over the last year as:
- Governments across the world continue to raise their ambition levels
- The sharp drop of offshore wind LCOE made it one of the most competitive energy sources
- Progress continued in commercialization and industrialization
- Offshore wind increasingly played a unique role in facilitating cross industry cooperation and decarbonization, such as oil and gas sector transition to renewables
Asia region passed the milestone of 1.5 GW in 2018 when China surpassed the UK as the world’s top market in OWF. In 2020, Asia replaced Europe as the leading regional offshore wind market in new installations for the first time.
European Commission set a target of 300 GW of offshore wind by 2050 as part of the EU Green Deal. UK is projected to lead as the Prime Minister Boris Johnson set out commitments to boost the government’s previous 30 GW target to 40 GW by 2030.
The Biden Administration committed the ambitious 30 GW by 2030. DOE and BOEM plan to advance new lease sales and complete review of 16 COPs by 2025, representing more than 19 GW of offshore wind capacity to be installed. Increases in targets announced in North Carolina, Massachusetts and Virginia, bringing the total state-level offshore wind development targets up to 38.5 GW.
The following is a select list of offshore applications highlighting where ceEntek’s UHPC 2.0TM properties provide a strong advantage for traction and growth:
Windfarm grouting
ce200™ – 140G has been formulated to meet the most stringent requirements from foundation to transition piece grouting for offshore windfarm projects. The excellent load transfer capacity and extreme flowability combined with reduced shrinkage make it the material of choice for demanding grouting applications. Due to the elimination of coarse aggregates, ce200™ – 140G prevents damage to mixers, pumps and hoses.
Protective coatings
Pending the specific structural requirements, ceEntek’s family of UHPC products provide the ideal solution for protective coating and strengthening of Offshore structures. All products for Offshore applications are based on ceEntek’s proprietary binder technology resulting in sulfur resistant, long lasting solutions.
Repair/Jacket Strengthening
Repairs with ce200™- 120G grout can be performed in a short time-span avoiding production interruptions of Offshore Oil and Gas platforms and Assets. ce200™- 120G is the ‘all-around’ repair grout solution for small to large repair and reconstruction projects. It provides the strength, non-permeability, chloride protection for the repair of concrete and steel structures. Due its dense structure it prevents further oxidation and corrosion of the underlying structure extending the lifetime of the structure for many years to come.
Subsea stabilization
ceEntek designed a range of concrete solutions ideal for subsea cable stabilization, pipeline stabilization, buckle initiator footing and many others. Its non-shrinkage, high performance concrete grouts are engineered specifically for applications in harsh offshore conditions to ensure process reliability and effectiveness. ceEntek’s concrete family of products for offshore stabilizations has a density range of 1,400 – 2,400kg/m3 and has no water carrying capillaries which makes it ideal for uses in concrete mattresses, prefilled grout bags, and grout pillows.
Offshore P&A
Plug-and Abandonment of wells is a rapidly growing market. Here, low cost combined with reliability of the solution are the key factors. As borehole and well conditions differ in a wide range, P&A cementing needs to adjust accordingly. ceEntek offers the range of products and know how allowing an optimized and cost effective solution for well cementing.