QED Naval has launched the Subhub Operational model last week at Forth Estuary Engineering’s (FEE) dock in Leith.
Within the last few weeks the company completed the setup of the ballast systems, instrumentation, and the dock access and testing arrangements.
FEE have provided support during the preparation and will continue to do so through the testing phase. The Subhub will now be put through its passes to test the stability during installation, ballast system control and installation/retrieval methods.
The Director of QED Naval said: “A lot of hard work has gone into getting the Subhub project to this point which is a credit to the team and supporting companies. The Operations model represents a big step forward for the Subhub project de-risking the ballast system and installation/retrieval methods which is a key selling point used to reduce the cost of deployment and overall the cost of energy”.