Morek has completed a mooring and layout study for Energyminer, supporting the next phase of its Energyfish hydroelectric fleet at St. Goar on the River Rhine.

Energyfish units generate renewable energy directly from the river current. As Energyminer scales from single units to a fleet, each unit needs to be reliably moored to the riverbed, sensibly spaced across the site, and reachable by a service vessel for installation and maintenance.

Using OrcaFlex, Morek's team modelled the units and their moorings under the flow and water level conditions at St. Goar, compared anchor configurations, and produced a site layout for the fleet. The study also developed two mooring concepts for the service vessel itself, so it can work safely among the moored units and their lines.

Dr Chantel Niebuhr, CTO of Energyminer GmbH, said: “Morek brought offshore engineering expertise to the river. Their mooring and layout work for our Energyfish fleet at St. Goar gave us clear options and a solid basis for the next design phase.”

Read the full Energyfish case study.

Images: Energyminer GmbH