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STABLE provides stabilised drone platforms for offshore renewable energy production
- Published 30 June 2022; updated 30 September 2026. Marked available; listed under Offshore wind / Operation and maintenance, Maritime and Energy.
- STABLE makes a ship-mounted stabilised landing and take-off platform for unmanned aerial vehicles used to service and inspect offshore wind farms and other installations. Ship-motion sensors feed computer-controlled actuators that adjust the platform to keep it level; the page says the design accommodates different drone sizes and deployment sites.
- The article describes drones as a way to move parts and inspect wind, wave and tidal equipment, but says ship motion and weather can delay drone operations, causing downtime and prompting use of helicopters or offshore support vessels. STABLE claims its level platform enables faster operations and can reduce transport costs and fossil-fuel use, personnel injury exposure and accidents, while supporting turbine uptime. These outcomes are asserted in the article without quantified comparative measurements.
- The page says STABLE had supplied stabilised platforms to the maritime industry since 2002 and calls the drone platform market-ready. It also recounts a research project with Griff Aviation, Olympic Subsea, NORCE and UiT to create a containerised installation, which the article originally expected to deploy by the end of 2019. That project milestone is stale and its completion is not confirmed here.
- Linked to SDGs 7 (Affordable and clean energy) and 9 (Industry, innovation and infrastructure).
- Contact: Rune M. Eriksen, CSO, rune@stable.no. Company: STABLE AS, Kirkegaten 5, 4836 Arendal, Norway; stableonboard.com. A phone-number reveal control is present.