World’s first methanol-powered offshore crew transfer vessel

As part of its journey towards becoming carbon neutral by 2030, without the use of offsets, Vestas is committed to pioneering innovative solutions to reduce carbon emissions from its own operations. In collaboration with vessel supplier Northern Offshore Services (N-O-S), Vestas has signed a five-year charter to explore how the world’s first methanol-powered crew transfer vessel (CTV) can help reduce carbon emissions from its offshore service operations.

The CTV, provided and developed by N-O-S, will be powered by a dual-fuel solution, capable of being powered by methanol, but also able to fall back on marine gas oil if methanol is not available. Green Methanol fuel emits significantly lower levels of carbon dioxide, signalling the potential to drastically reduce carbon emissions while maintaining the same power output.

“Service vessels drive a significant portion of Vestas’ direct carbon emissions, and while there are several promising new technologies that provide a solution to this challenge, many are still in the early stages of maturity. To drive decarbonisation, we need to see solutions like methanol fuel maturing much faster. Industry leaders can accelerate this journey by lending their support, and Vestas is therefore proud to be the first sustainable energy leader to be exploring the use of methanol powered vessels in our service operations.” says, Kieran Walsh, Senior Vice President, Service, Northern & Central Europe, Vestas.

The vessel will be deployed in Vestas’ Service operations at the Arcadis Ost site, owned by Parkwind in 2023. The goal of the charter agreement will be to collect insights into the opportunities and limitations of methanol-powered vessels in offshore Service operations. N-O-S’s CTV holds the potential to reduce carbon emissions by 70 percent in comparison to a traditional vessel. This carbon reduction potential will be validated during the charter.

“We are pleased that Vestas wants to move forward with Northern Offshore Services on this journey for a sustainable shipping future. With a continuous focus on sustainability, we are developing our vessels to have a lower environmental impact.” says David Kristensson, Group Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Northern Offshore Services.

Vestas currently runs Service operations across 7GW of offshore wind projects in 7 markets, with an ambition to scale up significantly in line with global climate goals. Accounting for one third of Vestas’ scope 1&2 emissions, reducing carbon emissions associated with offshore operations is a high priority in Vestas’ journey towards becoming carbon neutral.

For more information, please contact:

Northern Offshore Services:
David Kristensson
Group Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Tel: +46 31 31 00 200
Mail: david.kristensson@n-o-s.eu

Vestas:
Kristian Holmelund Jakobsen
Communication and Press Officer
Tel: +45 5221 1467
Mail: KRHJA@vestas.com

About Northern Offshore Services

Northern Offshore Services (N-O-S) is one of Europe’s leading providers of Crew Transfer Vessels (CTVs) serving the offshore industry. N-O-S operates and manage over 40 vessels, CTVs and multipurpose supply vessels. With our full range of in-house, highly skilled, onshore technical and commercial management services, we continuously focus on sustainability. We are developing our vessels to have a lower environmental impact while maintaining high performance, workability, reliability and safety. Northern Offshore Services is part of Northern Offshore Group.

About Vestas

Vestas is the energy industry’s global partner on sustainable energy solutions. We design, manufacture, install, and service onshore and offshore wind turbines across the globe, and with more than 160 GW of wind turbines in 88 countries, we have installed more wind power than anyone else. Through our industry-leading smart data capabilities and unparalleled more than 140 GW of wind turbines under service, we use data to interpret, forecast, and exploit wind resources and deliver best-in-class wind power solutions. Together with our customers, Vestas’ more than 28,000 employees are bringing the world sustainable energy solutions to power a bright future.

Download Northern Offshore Services photographs of the T-Class CTV from Dropbox:
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