Seafloor Data Firm Bedrock Raises $25.5 M to Accelerate Offshore Wind Energy Development
and mapping, speeding up the development of offshore wind energy. Largest Library of Seafloor DataOver time, Bedrock says it will build the "largest library of seafloor data that can be licensed to many at a dramatically reduced cost to surveys today.""Today’s offshore wind energy sector faces substantial challenges due to the lack of detailed, rapidly available, up-to-date seafloor data. This lack of data upfront in turn hinders project planning, increases construction and site risks, and slows the pace of renewable energy development. Conventional oceanographic surveys
Interview: David Millar, Fugro
business and, in recent years, we have been surveying in excess of 1,000,000 km2 per year for customers who continue to invest in frontier exploration programs. Similarly, we have seen continued expansion of both marine site characterization and asset integrity activity in support of the offshore wind energy sector, which helps to diversity our overall portfolio. In general, however, we see increased demand for reducing the human footprint offshore, while producing more efficient and more cost-effective operations. As a result, we are developing and offering services with increased automation, not
Prysmian Bolsters Offshore Cable Production
and know-how to products that will further grow the business, sustain and create local jobs and provide UK manufactured cables for the next generation of U.K. and European offshore wind farms.” In the U.K., Prysmian already has an established and strong presence serving the offshore wind energy sector. Alongside a dedicated submarine operations and engineering office in Chelmsford, Prysmian operates an offshore logistics and services base in Middlesbrough, which serves as a centre of excellence offering maintenance, repair and cable storage services for all offshore cabling.
JFMS Buys First Supacat Multi-Purpose Vessel 24
offshore support vessel, to provide efficient and potentially cost-saving operation and maintenance solutions,” commented Andy Nattrass, marine operations project manager for James Fisher Marine Services. “This service is likely to be particularly of interest to the fast-growing offshore wind energy sector, for which we are able to combine it with bespoke innovations such as our ‘Ship-to-Turbine™’ oil transfer concept, an innovative and cost-effective method of exchanging gearbox and hydraulic oils for offshore wind farms. Whether providing services in marine renewable
February 2024
