ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,512,519, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to 1847 SUBSEA ENGINEERING Ltd. (Aberdeen, Great Britain).

"Subsea energy storage and method of use" was invented by Richard Knox (Aberdeen, Great Britain), Paul Slorach (Aberdeen, Great Britain), Ross Mitchell (Aberdeen, Great Britain), Mark Miller (Aberdeen, Great Britain) and Greg Carnie (Aberdeen, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides a modular system and method of use for the storage of energy subsea. The modular system comprises an energy management system and a rechargeable energy storage system. The energy management system is configured to control a transfer ...