Orcades Marine Management Consultants Ltd. (OMMC), the United Kingdom, Aquatera Ltd., the United Kingdom, and OceanPixel (OP), Singapore, have formed Orcades Marine Asia Pte Ltd. to provide marine energy services in Asia. According to OMMC, Orcades Marine Asia will provide operational management of marine renewable energy installations, including tidal, wave, floating solar and offshore wind.
The firm will also engage in research and development projects aimed at developing innovative and cost-efficient deployment solutions for the Asian marine renewables sector. The collaborating team of Orcades Marine Asia has successfully installed operating tidal turbines in West Papua, Indonesia and Sentosa. “We’ve worked on projects in Asia now for a number of years and have an excellent relationship with OceanPixel and other key specialists in the region,” said David Thomson, at OMMC.
Aquatera is developing marine energy business ties in Asia and OP is a 2-year-old company seeking to further its energy-related services. In April 2016, Aquatera entered into a partnership with the Nagasaki Marine Industry Cluster Promotion Association in an effort to help Japan bolster its marine energy sector through international collaboration. OP is a Singapore start-up spun off at Nanyang Technological University, incorporated in September 2014.
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Marine energy services in Asia
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