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Digitalisation and data monitoring dominate developments in floating offshore wind
- Published 12 October 2022; updated 30 September 2026; estimated reading time 2 minutes. The article argues that digital monitoring and automation can address floating offshore wind’s challenges in deep, stormy waters, while improving safety, wildlife protection, cost and environmental performance.
- Glamox is profiled for cloud-connected IoT lighting management at offshore wind farms. The article says a typical project may have 5,000 or more lights and that Glamox’s system provides operators with centrally managed, appropriately targeted lighting. It claims the system can reduce lighting energy use by up to 90%; this is a company-reported figure.
- Origo Solutions’ SCADA+ is presented as collecting data from multiple subsystems and consolidating it into a single operations interface. The article says the platform is flexible and scalable for floating, fixed-bottom and land-based wind farms and other renewable-energy production.
- Spoor uses AI to track birds near wind farms and provide a biodiversity dashboard with population counts, collision trends and changes over time. The page says continuous automated monitoring supports regulatory/compliance reporting and expands observation beyond short human surveys. Spoor co-founder/CEO Ask Helseth claims the data-gathering window can be increased a hundredfold; this is a company comparison.
- SUBC3D has a remotely operated vehicle for deep-sea inspection and was developing a floating-wind-specific subsea monitoring system. It transfers survey data into a 3D model for monitoring cables, structures, anchors and wildlife. CTO Einar Magnus Mjåtvedt-Fiskaaen says a resident ROV at each turbine could enable daily surveys and help identify issues earlier.
- Uptime International’s intelligent gangway transfers staff and cargo between vessels and moving floating turbines. The described assisted-landing feature learns from each landing to improve future approaches at that location, with claimed gains in docking safety/speed and reduced support-vessel fuel use, emissions and cost.
- Named examples/people: Glamox (Ole Petter Andresen); Origo Solutions (COO Rune Reinertsen); Spoor (Ask Helseth); SUBC3D (Einar Magnus Mjåtvedt-Fiskaaen); Uptime International. Related industries: Energy and Offshore wind. The captured page has no contact block.