Floating power generation — Ampere Class
A 200 m, ~300 MW floating power station that moors offshore, connects to the grid in weeks not years, and comes with its own fresh water and hydrogen production built in. No plant construction, no pipeline, no years of permitting — tow to site, connect a single export cable, and the grid stabilizes.
Tow to site, connect a single export cable, and begin dispatching power — no shore-side construction programme.
22 × Siemens SGT-400 gas turbines on gas or liquid fuel, topped by a steam bottoming cycle for maximum yield.
Waste heat drives an onboard desalination plant before the steam is cooled and returned to cycle.
Spare capacity is diverted to onboard electrolysis — storing energy as hydrogen instead of curtailing it.
*Site-to-power-on assumes an available hull. A new-build programme runs approximately 22 months from contract — see deployment.
Scale
A hull this size sounds abstract until you set it next to something you already know. Toggle a reference object to compare it against the Ampere Class hull length.
Technology
Click a hotspot on the cutaway to see what's there. The hull form is adapted from a car transporter: tall, slab-sided, and boxy, so every system sits fully enclosed on a machinery deck rather than exposed on open deck. Dashed outlines are compartments hidden behind the plating.
Impact
Estimate the combined impact of a fleet of Ampere Class vessels deployed together. Each hull carries ~300 MW of net export capacity, plus water and hydrogen production.
Illustrative planning figures, not a grid interconnection study. Homes assume ~1 kW average continuous demand on the planning baseline (0.3 kW emerging, 1.4 kW developed); hospitals ~1.5 MW; medium factories ~5 MW. Water and hydrogen figures assume waste-heat MED desalination and electrolysis run on power not currently required by the grid contract.
Deployment
Two clocks matter. An in-service hull can be on the grid in about eight weeks. A first-of-class hull runs an indicative 22-month programme from contract to grid connection. Click a stage for detail.
Specifications
Indicative principal particulars for the Ampere Class, first-of-class.
All figures are conceptual planning estimates for partner discussion and are subject to detailed design, metocean data, and classification review.
Facilities
The Ampere Class is a self-contained industrial site — machinery, accommodation, and life-support in one hull.
22 turbines, HRSGs and steam turbines flank a central corridor with a rail-mounted transfer system for equipment change-out.
Port-side ramp and large hydraulic aft doors give heavy-equipment access straight to the working decks.
Two en-suite decks with galley, dining, gym, meeting rooms and research labs beneath the bridge.
Full-width bridge with wing stations; security room aft of it controls the pod network and armoury.
Sheltered launch deck above the security room for aerial reconnaissance.
Waste heat from power generation drives multi-effect distillation before the steam is cooled and reused.
Electrolysis and storage absorb power not being exported, in a segregated, blast-relieved compartment.
7 hull-integrated pods (3 per side, 1 stern) with concealed, runner-mounted emplacements, remotely operated from the security room.
Naval architect's review
Raised in concept review and not yet in the base specification. Each is costed separately in the partnership deck.
A shipboard BESS smooths turbine start/stop transients and gives fast frequency response — valuable to a weak or islanded grid.
The SGT-400 can burn up to ~65% hydrogen by volume with diffusion burners — closing the loop with the on-board electrolysis plant.
A disconnectable cable coupler and release-capable mooring legs let the vessel evacuate ahead of a forecast storm.
A second cable route and a spare reel protect revenue if the primary export cable is damaged.
Non-lethal deterrents (nets, LRAD, water cannon) as a first layer, with a hardened citadel as a fallback muster point.
Grid-connected control systems isolated to IEC 62443 zones — critical infrastructure needs a cyber posture to match its physical one.
Desalination reject brine dispersed through a diffuser array to avoid a dense hypersaline plume on the seabed.
Independent switchgear sections so a single fault or fire can't take down the whole plant.
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