Decarbonisation
Water Cooling Systems
High efficiency sea water cooling systems using risers and pipelines to improve power generation and significantly reduce carbon and greenhouse gas emissions.
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Key Personnel
Pierre Guerin
Director, France
About
Pierre is the director of the 2H France office. He is based in the south of France and splits his time between there and Paris. He is responsible for management of the Paris office and global growth of the company’s engineering services for the renewable energy sector. Guerin came to 2H in April 2021 with over 20 years’ experience in marine renewable energy, in particular, offshore wind, shipbuilding and oil and gas. Most recently he spent 5 years managing the development of renewable energy projects for Bardot Ocean. He also has an impressive 10-year track record of regional and international expansion projects from Principia where he focused on floating structures, coastal and naval defence engineering.
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Pete Simpson
General Manager, Brazil
About
Pete is currently the general manager of 2H Offshore’s office in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Pete graduated with first-class honours in mechanical engineering from Cardiff University, UK, and joined 2H in 2002. After two years working at 2H’s office in Woking, he spent a year working as part of a 2H team within Saipem’s offices in Paris on the Kizomba B Project and then moved to Brazil in October 2005. During his time at 2H, he has developed extensive experience in freestanding riser systems in the Kizomba B project, SCRs on the P-55 FEED and also on the BSR system installed by Subsea7 in the Sapinhoá and Lula-NE fields offshore Brazil. He shares the management of the 2H office in Brazil with technical manager Roberto Alvim.
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Nitin Repalle
Principal Flexible Riser Engineer
About
Nitin leads the Energy and Advisory business for 2H Offshore in the Asia-Pacific region. He has over 15 years of experience in renewables, oil & gas and decarbonisation industries. In his current role, he supports energy transition and decarbonisation industries at various stages of development. He is responsible for providing strategic advice, technical due diligence, and solutions for asset optimisation. He is passionate about leveraging digital technology to accelerate the energy transition towards a more sustainable future. Nitin holds an Executive MBA and did his PhD in mechanical engineering from the University of Western Australia.
Seawater cooling systems are a technology being using in offshore energy production to improve power generation and reduce emissions. They will reduce up to 90% of CO2 emissions for air conditioning and up to 25% for electricity production for fossil fuel power units.
2H is currently applying its extensive experiences in risers and pipelines to design sea water intake solutions that cool down power units generation and significantly reducing CO2 emissions. The technology is based on steel or polymer risers bringing sea water from deep sea to the surface power unit. Water is used to replace the air cooling of the production system. Deep sea water captured is between 5°C to 15°C at water depths of up to 1000m. The performance of the cooling unit increases in ultradeep water.
Key Services
Analysis of the offshore and onshore production units
Preparation CO2 saving strategy
Defining CO2 objectives
360° analysis of the power production (Electricity and/or Cooling) units VS CO2 emission
Selection of the cooling solution
Conceptual study of the potential cooling system
Detail design
Evaluation of the gain on CO2 saving production unit
Fleet conversion management
EPCM
Key Products
Sea water intake risers (SWIR) for floating production units
Sea water cooling system (SWCS) for onshore power units
Sea water air conditioning systems (SWAC)
District cooling
Resilient usage of water
Desalinization and drinking water
Project Experience
Deep Sea Water Intake Riser, Brazil – Detail design, material specification and installation analysis
Sea Water Intake Riser, Brazil – Hydrodynamic analysis, material specification and installation analysis
Sea Water Intake Riser, Timor Leste – Hydrodynamic analysis, material specification and installation analysis
Deep Sea Water Intake Riser, Guyana – Detail design, material evaluation and installation analysis
SWAC feasibility for district cooling, France
Key Personnel
Pierre Guerin
Director, France
About
Pierre is the director of the 2H France office. He is based in the south of France and splits his time between there and Paris. He is responsible for management of the Paris office and global growth of the company’s engineering services for the renewable energy sector. Guerin came to 2H in April 2021 with over 20 years’ experience in marine renewable energy, in particular, offshore wind, shipbuilding and oil and gas. Most recently he spent 5 years managing the development of renewable energy projects for Bardot Ocean. He also has an impressive 10-year track record of regional and international expansion projects from Principia where he focused on floating structures, coastal and naval defence engineering.
Language
Pete Simpson
General Manager, Brazil
About
Pete is currently the general manager of 2H Offshore’s office in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Pete graduated with first-class honours in mechanical engineering from Cardiff University, UK, and joined 2H in 2002. After two years working at 2H’s office in Woking, he spent a year working as part of a 2H team within Saipem’s offices in Paris on the Kizomba B Project and then moved to Brazil in October 2005. During his time at 2H, he has developed extensive experience in freestanding riser systems in the Kizomba B project, SCRs on the P-55 FEED and also on the BSR system installed by Subsea7 in the Sapinhoá and Lula-NE fields offshore Brazil. He shares the management of the 2H office in Brazil with technical manager Roberto Alvim.
Language
Nitin Repalle
Principal Flexible Riser Engineer
About
Nitin leads the Energy and Advisory business for 2H Offshore in the Asia-Pacific region. He has over 15 years of experience in renewables, oil & gas and decarbonisation industries. In his current role, he supports energy transition and decarbonisation industries at various stages of development. He is responsible for providing strategic advice, technical due diligence, and solutions for asset optimisation. He is passionate about leveraging digital technology to accelerate the energy transition towards a more sustainable future. Nitin holds an Executive MBA and did his PhD in mechanical engineering from the University of Western Australia.