Productive activity in the North Sea Region (NSR) is expected to intensify, diversify, and expand further offshore. Pressure to decarbonize and “electrify” the existing and emerging industries of the ocean economies offer an opportunity as the electrification of the seas has captured the imagination of industry and policymakers as a pathway to achieving sustainable growth. Using the methods of morphological analysis, thematic analysis, and structural analysis, this article identifies and reports on six innovation concepts for the electrification of the seas: Charging at wind farms; Charging at fish farms; Charging at thermal-powered platforms; Charging by floating solar panels; Charging at tidal plants; Charging at offshore container terminals. This article provides a base for entrepreneurship by generating insight into the affecting variables for each configuration as well as the identification of the strategic variables. It furthermore contributes a novel methodological approach to produce said understanding. The paper concludes with prospects for the electrification of the seas and charts a pathway for sustainable transition of the ocean economies.

预计北海地区 (NSR) 的生产活动将加强、多样化并进一步扩展到海上。海洋经济体现有和新兴产业的脱碳和“电气化”压力提供了机会，因为海洋电气化已经吸引了行业和政策制定者的想象力，作为实现可持续增长的途径。本文采用形态分析、专题分析和结构分析的方法，识别并报告了海洋电气化的六个创新概念：风电场充电；在养鱼场充电；在热动力平台充电；通过浮动太阳能电池板充电；在潮汐电站充电；在海上集装箱码头充电。本文通过深入了解每种配置的影响变量以及战略变量的识别，为创业提供了基础。此外，它还提供了一种新的方法论方法来产生所述理解。该论文以海洋电气化的前景作为结论，并为海洋经济的可持续转型指明了道路。