Adding to its growing business service portfolio, Xodus has launched a new marine renewables service for the offshore industry.
In a bid to meet the increasing demand for electricity and address the need to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases, the Xodus Group has established an integrated service to actively support the development of renewable energy sources.
Drawing on its environmental expertise from Xodus AURORA and engineering skills from Xodus Subsea, Xodus is transferring a number of its skills from the oil and gas sector over to the renewables industry to provide an integrated service that capitalises on the marine renewables market place.
Colin Manson, Xodus managing director, said: “Branching out into the marine renewables industry is a key strategic move for us. With interest in sustainable tidal, wave and offshore wind energy increasing, it is vital to make sure measures are built into the marine engineering design process.
“Our skill base is unique in the oil and gas industry and is 100% transferable into the marine renewables industry. Combine this with the Scottish Government’s target for the production of 50% of electricity demand in Scotland to come from renewable sources by 2020, and a concerted drive from energy companies to look towards renewables, and it is increasingly important to diversify into this market.”
Driven by Xodus AURORA, the new marine renewable service will be led by principal environmental consultant Liz Foubister, who joined Xodus last year following the successful acquisition of Orkney based Aurora Environmental Ltd.
“By drawing on the wide ranging experience and skills across our Divisions we can marry the expertise of our environmental consultants and engineers to provide a truly unique and integrated service, explained Liz.
“Although this is a new initiative for Xodus, we have already had some fantastic success following the award of a contract to provide environmental support for Scottish Power Renewables.
“We are also working with five of the developers creating sea-based technologies that will be tested at EMEC, the European Marine Energy Centre in Orkney, and only recently AWS Ocean Energy Ltd in Alness awarded us a contract for the detailed structural design of the full-scale prototype of the Archimedes Waveswing™ wave energy converter. This will be installed at the EMEC test site with the duration of the contract expected to last approximately eight months.”
Adding to this, Colin Manson said: “This award from AWS is hugely important for Xodus Group. It cements our unique position in offering an integrated, environmental and engineering solution to the marine renewables industry.
“This new venture is a demonstration of our commitment to the environment and ensures that Xodus is now able to bring an unparalleled and integrated approach to fill a gap in the market.”
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Liz Foubister, Principal Environmental Consultant. |
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