UK Researchers Tackle Landslide Risks for Offshore Wind Turbines with New Tool
Researchers at Heriot-Watt University have developed an advanced simulation tool that accurately predicts underwater landslides caused by offshore wind turbines.The new method enables developers to assess seabed stability not only at the design stage but throughout a wind farm’s lifespan, helping to optimize placement and ensure long-term resilience.Underwater landslides - when sections of the seabed suddenly shift - can impact the stability of wind turbines, particularly in areas with soft seabeds and gentle slopes.While engineering structures like monopiles (the foundations of some offshore
Bureau Veritas Launches Digital Simulation Tool for Floating Wind
Bureau Veritas (BV) has launched a new digital simulation tool – Opera – saying it will be a key asset for the certification of floating units, notably floating wind turbines."As offshore wind farms are built further offshore, floating wind turbines are becoming increasingly more common, a trend which has accelerated due to a growing demand for alternative energy sources that can support a zero-carbon society. Bureau Veritas is in a leading position to enable the commercialization of floating offshore wind, by providing solutions and guidance to develop safe, reliable, and cost-competit
BMT Introduces New Dredging Tool
BMT JFA Consultants (BMT), a subsidiary of BMT Group is developing a new design and simulation tool which it said will help to address the lack of validated methods available for designing land-based dredged material disposal basins and reclamations. The Design & Simulation Tool for Dredge Settling Ponds & Reclamations will transform the way that engineers and regulators assess tail-water discharge characteristics, pond evolution, and overall capacity, further strengthening BMT’s technical excellence in the areas of dredging, reclamation, and environmental management.
Ocean Bottom Cable Installation: SAIC Choose Makai
companies are upgrading to the seismic-specific cable installation and planning modules in order to increase their competitiveness in this growing field. SAIC submarine cable projects will now use the latest versions of two different Makai cable software products: 1) MakaiPlan Pro Seismic: is a simulation tool to accurately plan the installation and retrieval of Ocean Bottom Cables (OBC) in mid- and deep waters. It enables powerful and precise 3D, dynamic simulations of the cable installation and retrieval. The operator can quickly simulate an entire cable lay in advance and in his office at 25 to
Minesto Develops Simulator for Underwater Vehicles
and ocean currents. The simulator has been developed in-house by Minesto’s own research and development department, and is in essence based on two existing open source programs: one for commercial flight simulation and one for marine vehicle simulation. The end result is an analysis and simulation tool called HAMoS, Hydrodynamic Analysis and Motion Simulation, believed to be the first in the world to simulate the movements of a flying tethered underwater vehicle. It will be used to predict how Minesto’s marine power plant, Deep Green, moves subsea in various ocean environments and depending
HoOK R&D Project Examines Offshore Crane Ops
Kranen [Offshore Operations with Cranes]. The goal is the early integration of the necessary tools into the design and planning process of ships – an essential requirement to promote innovations and international competitiveness in German specialist shipbuilding. “We want to develop a simulation tool which enables the optimization of the whole system of ships with cranes even at an early planning stage,” says Hendrik Gröne, Managing Director of HeavyLift@Sea, about the objective. “Until now the simulation of crane operations on a moving ship has hardly been discussed in
February 2025
