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FutureOn provides field 'digital twin' of UK Continental Shelf

Friday, December 22, 2023

FutureOn of Oslo, a company which makes visualisation platforms for entire fields called "FieldTwins", reports that it is providing its software free of charge to the UK Net Zero Technology Centre's "Data 4 Net Zero" (D4NZ) project. The software will be used to build a field-wide 'digital twin' of energy producing areas of the UK continental shelf, including oil and gas, wind and fishing.

The National Subsea Centre (NSC) and Robert Gordon University (RGU) are also involved in the project.

The software can be used to explore potential problems from co-locating wind and oil and gas projects, support the planning and consenting process, and help with other areas of decision making.

The software combines data science, visualisation and modelling tools. Users can "validate concepts, de-risk technology and plan multi-user subsea activity," the company says. For example, you can visualise how the sea will look like when offshore wind turbines are in place.

It can also be used to model fishing activity and how it will be affected by future developments. The Scottish Fishermen's Federation has claimed that over half of Scottish fishing grounds could be lost by 2050 due to the development of offshore renewables.

The software can also be used to design all of the subsea infrastructure and cabling associated with the projects.

It should be easier for people to conceptualise the whole low carbon energy system.

The D4NZ project is one of seven projects being developed through NZTC's Net Zero Technology Transition Programme which was awarded a total of £16.5 million from the Scottish Government's Energy Transition Fund.


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