Ship&Offshore | Issue 06/2023
Offshore wind farm owner pilots autonomous systems
Toronto-based Northland Power, owner of the Deutsche Bucht offshore wind farm in the North Sea, has completed joint tests with Germany’s Subsea Europe Services to use uncrewed surface vessels (USV) and autonomous underwater vehicles (AUV) for surveying and inspecting operations at the facility. The July 2023 tests were designed to try and develop Subsea Europe’s USV, Autonomous Surveyor , for multibeam surveying, and A.Ikanbilis , a hovering AUV, for subsea inspections including scour and marine growth surveys....