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Westcon Group is strongly committed to innovation and sustainability. We aim to drive forward smart, green solutions that lay the foundation for long-term growth—both within our company and across the industries we serve.
With deep sector knowledge, operational insight, and close ties to the market, Westcon is actively shaping the future of the offshore, energy, and maritime industries. Our focus is on delivering solutions that are not only efficient and forward-looking, but also environmentally responsible.
At Westcon’s yards, onshore power supply is a key initiative in our efforts to reduce global emissions, local pollution, and noise, while improving air quality in the surrounding areas.
Rigs and ships docked at our quays can connect to onshore power, significantly reducing generator operating hours. This not only lowers fuel consumption and maintenance costs, but also contributes to a substantial reduction in greenhouse gas emissions such as CO2 and NOx.
Onshore power is an important step in supporting the green shift and building a more sustainable maritime and offshore industry.
Westcon Power & Automation (WPA), in collaboration with third-party suppliers, installs battery systems for marine and offshore markets, but also as a part of reconstruction. The battery solutions are adjusted to the projects by studying the vessels fuel usage and different scenarios carefully. The power supply between the batteries and the vessel are completed via “active front end”, IGBT controlled DC/AC or DC/DC.
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Inspectio is Westcon’s own system developed by Westcon Power & Automation (now SEAM AS). It is a tool for completion Ex maintenance where the solution is so easy that the client can undertake inspections themselves.
With 20 years’ experience as a supplier within electrical services to rig owners, WPA (now SEAM AS) developed solutions where the electrician that performs the maintenance work in the field is connected to a maintenance system such as SAP or IFS. This secures documentation after inspection and 30-40 percent better efficiency than previous solutions.
Westcon has since 2015 taken part in the development of the next generation of bottom seismic nodes. The Norwegian company InApril has run the development of the bottom seismic nodes where they have put a focus on data treatment and operational logistics. With these solutions bottom seismic tools are taken one step further and can yield large savings for seismic companies across the world.
Westcon owns approximately 18 percent of the company.
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The HighLift renewable energy technology is developed in Norway, originally initiated from Stirling based R&D initiatives in the mid 2000s. Olvondo Technology was established in 2016 as Olvondo Industries AS, LOS Gruppen AS and Taide AS acquired the assets and operation of former Single-Phase Power. The ownership has later been structured into LOS Gruppen and Westcon originated on the west coast of Norway.
With more than 50.000 operational hours from commercial services HighLift is unique as the world’s first industrial Very High Temperature Heat Pump, VHTHP, based on a reverse Stirling process. Olvondo Technology and its owners are actively pursuing opportunities within renewable energy as part of their strategies. They all share a common interest in becoming manufacturers of Green Shift technologies.
