Offshore Renewable Energy
An accurate understanding of metocean data is essential to the success of all marine renewable projects. This information will serve to characterise the available resource for energy yield, the design requirements for survivability of the project and the strategy for maintenance and accessibility.
This data is necessary throughout the life cycle of a renewable energy project for both site management and device validation. TechWorks Marine have a strong background in oceanography and can support clients in all stages of the life cycle of the project . Required monitoring programmes for each of the key specific stages include:
We can assist in the following areas:
- Provision of metocean monitoring equipment (TMBB, represented partner sensors)
- Device Control Systems (remote access to the renewable energy device)
- Live Video Links (performance assessment, security using infra-red and visible cameras)
- Metocean Data Acquisition (metocean and environmental, water and sediment sampling)
- Bathymetric Survey (site investigation and scour monitoring)
- ROV Inspection (device and structural assessments)
- Data management and dissemination (quality assurance, maintenance of web-portal)
- Environmental Impact Statements and Assessments
Recent projects include:
- Provision of instrumentation to the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) for monitoring at the wave energy test site in Belmullet, County Mayo.
- Provision of a real-time TMBB platform control system to Ocean Energy for a wave power generation device in Galway Bay, County Galway.