North Tyneside offshore tech company Kinewell Energy has sealed a deal to work on a huge wind farm project in South Korea.
Kinewell Energy’s KLOC (Kinewell Layout Optimisation of Cable) speeds up and improves the process of designing cable layouts for offshore windfarms, saving developers in the region of 20% of the cable cost over the project life. It works by playing ‘dot-to-dot’ to find the most cost-effective way of linking up turbines with cable to collect the energy generated.
Since launching its next-generation KLOC software at the Global Offshore Wind conference last summer, the company has deliverded inter-array optimisation consultancy and KLOC licensing to the European, Japanese, US, South Korean and Chinese offshore wind markets.
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Now the company, launched by Dr Andrew Jenkins in 2015 when he was a PhD student at Newcastle University, has been awarded a contract by Blue Wind Engineering for the optimisation of substation location and the inter-array cable route for the 600 MW Wando-Guemil project in South Korea. The 600 MW Wando-Guemil Offshore Wind Farm is being developed by KEON, supported by Dohwa and Blue Wind Engineering.
Dr Jenkins, CEO and founder of Kinewell Energy, said: “We are delighted to have been selected by Blue Wind Engineering to support them on this exciting project. Our unique KLOC technology will help maximise the value of the project, through optimising both the substation location and the inter-array cable system.”
Dr Jone Oh, CEO of Blue Wind Engineering, said: “We are looking forward to working with the Kinewell Energy team on this project, and the value-added they bring through their KLOC inter-array cable layout optimisation technology.”
Kinewell Energy developed its KLOC solution with a share of £3.5m in match funding from the North of Tyne Combined Authority’s TIGGOR (Technology, Innovation & Green Growth for Offshore Renewables) programme delivered by the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult.
Dr Jenkins added: “This contract is testament to the success of our team delivering on the objectives of TIGGOR; creating highly innovative green jobs to develop new technology right here in the North East and exporting our world leading capabilities all over the globe.”
In 2022 Kinewell Energy was recognised by VentureFest as one of the most innovative businesses within the North East region, and The Journal featured Kinewell Energy as one of the five most promising North East companies poised for success in 2023.
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