Buoys equipped with hydrophones and acoustic recorders are used to evaluate the level of underwater noise on offshore wind farms. In recent years, the presence of certain species of marine mammal during offshore infrastructure works (pile driving, drilling, etc.) has been a major environmental concern.
The ocean sector is rapidly evolving as green energy demand fuels incredible growth in offshore wind. It is becoming evident that the technologies and methodologies historically used in the offshore industry to monitor and maintain assets must also evolve to address new inspection challenges and tighter cost constraints.
Offshore clean energy systems are an ideal solution for the growing need to reduce the emissions associated with hydrocarbon production, particularly as a means of powering longer offsets and reducing the costs of otherwise marginal fields.
Alternative fuels dominate much of the discussion around reducing greenhouse gas emissions and promoting sustainability in the ocean industry. Liquefied natural gas (LNG) is currently the most widely adopted and fastest growing alternative to oil for marine vessels. LNG offers a moderate reduction in CO2 emissions and a large reduction in the emissions of harmful regulated pollutants.
By Peter Jenkins, CEO, 4Subsea
Offshore energy assets are, by their nature, expensive to maintain. Traditionally, operators perform regular ROV inspections to monitor the condition of subsea infrastructure in a timely and controlled manner.
In December 2021, Subsea Data Systems (SDS), a new partnership between Samara/Data and Ocean Specialists, Inc. (OSI), announced that it had received funding from the National Science Foundation’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program to develop SMART (Sensor Monitoring and Reliable Telecommunications) Cable technologies.
In December 2021, Subsea Data Systems (SDS), a new partnership between Samara/Data and Ocean Specialists, Inc. (OSI), announced that it had received funding from the National Science Foundation’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program to develop SMART (Sensor Monitoring and Reliable Telecommunications) Cable technologies.
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