MMT Contracted for Offshore Pilot Project on Martinique
MMT has been awarded a contract for the OTEC (Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion) NEMO project by DCNS, a world leader in naval defence. This project is jointly developed by DCNS and its partners. The purpose is to characterise the geophysical and geotechnical context of the area of an offshore power plant with a floating platform and a potential cable route to the town of Bellefontaine. The area is on the western coast of the island of Martinique in the French Caribbean.
The floating platform is anchored in the sea and will use the temperature difference between the warm water at the surface and the cold water in the depths to produce non-intermittent and carbon-free electricity. MMT will conduct the survey with resources from the joint venture with Reach Subsea including the DP2 vessel Stril Explorer, equipped with a work-class ROV that is mounted with a geophysical set-up.
The project is scheduled for two months in the first quarter of 2016.
