Marine mooring and electrical connection apparatus and method
OwnerGeorge SMITHinventor
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Abstract
A marine environment electrical connection apparatus including a buoy apparatus (1, 101, 201) is provided at least part of which when located in water (2) projects above the surface (2A) of the water (2). It includes at least one mooring point (35, 135, 235) which includes a mooring line (35, 135, 235) and at least one electrical power coupling (25, 125, 225) to which a marine vessel (5, 105, 205) can be coupled so that electrical power can be transferred via the electrical power coupling between a power generation and/or storage device (50) (such as that provided by an offshore renewable energy source) and the marine vessel. A method of electrically recharging a marine vessel (5, 105, 205) utilising the apparatus (1, 101, 201) is also provided.
Claims29
A marine environment electrical connection apparatus comprising:
- a buoy at least part of which when located in water projects above the surface of the water;
- at least one mooring point to which a marine vessel can be coupled;
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- at least one electrical power coupling to which the marine vessel can be coupled,
- such that electrical power can be transferred via the electrical power coupling between a power generation and/or storage device and the marine vessel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.