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Demonstrator Project

The Demonstrator project is an ongoing initiative by BPT, with funding and support from industrial partners to design, fabricate, install and operate a reduced scale version of BPT's power and control buoy. The buoy will be fabricated at A&P Falmouth before being installed and tested at the FABTEST site in Falmouth Bay. The site provides metocean conditions that will allow BPT to correlate numerical analysis and verify the motions performance.
Objectives
QUALIFICATION
Technology Qualification. Achieve TRL 6 and certificate of technology qualification.
VERIFY MOTIONS
Correlate numerical analysis and verify the motions performance.
INSTALLATION METHODOLOGY
Demonstrate ballasting and installation methodologies.
REMOTE
OPERATION
Demonstrate remote control of subsea systems.
Timeline
CONTRACT AWARDS
January 2025
HULL ASSEMBLY COMPLETE
April 2025
TOPSIDES INTEGRATION
May 2025
OPERATIONAL
HULL FABRICATION COMMENCES
February 2025
LAUNCH & BALLASTING
April 2025
INSTALLATION
June 2025
TECHNOLOGY QUALIFICATION
October 2025
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