PRoject overview

AROWIND

The Autonomous Remote Offshore Wind Inspection, Navigation and Deployment (AROWIND) Project – an Ontario-led project will develop an uncrewed surface vessel (USV) based subsea inspection solution for offshore wind farms.

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Client

Canada’s Ocean Supercluster

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Location

Plymouth, UK

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Product

Discovery Stereo Vision System

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Industry

Offshore Wind

ARROWIND

The Project

In February 2022, Canada’s Ocean Supercluster announced five new projects with a total value of nearly $29 million, including the Autonomous Remote Offshore Wind Inspection, Navigation and Deployment (AROWIND) Project. This Ontario-led project developed an uncrewed surface vessel (USV) based subsea inspection solution for offshore windfarms.

The AROWIND Project provides a prevailing ocean sector concept that is autonomous and remotely operates subsea surveys. This ocean solution presents an opportunity for Canadian companies to commercialize a remote and autonomous inspection solution for offshore wind inspection that reduces vessel costs and number of personnel on-board.

For the project, Voyis is proud to partner with Canadian companies Deep Trekker and HydroSurv Unmanned Survey Inc.. The combined solution of these three technological advancements offers a positive change in subsea inspection capabilities, that is transferable across the entire Blue Economy. The presence of representatives from each company underscores the collaborative effort and commitment to delivering a solution that meets the industry’s evolving needs.

CANADIAN PARTNERSHIPS

Project Partners

HydroSurv and Deep Trekker were essential to make this project possible and successful

HydroSurv’s REAV60 USV – A long endurance USV platform, designed with an advanced launch and recovery system (LARs) to deploy the project’s subsea inspection solution. The REAV60 provides operators with significant cost savings and reduces environmental impact when compared to the current methodology for offshore deployments.

DeepTrekker’ Revolution ROV – Providing highly versatile inspection capabilities in a small and highly cost-effective package. The Revolution can house state of the art inspection payloads while minimizing overall survey costs and improving customer workflow with vehicle operation simplicity.

Voyis provided the Discovery Stereo Camera, AROWIND’s inspection sensor, delivering actionable high-fidelity datasets (stills, video, and 3D models) in real-time for optimized asset management and predictive maintenance. The Discovery Stereo can generate a digital twin, with millimetric resolution, of offshore assets to use as a foundation for greater confidence in asset management (easily perform change detection at a granular scale, map potential developments for future installations, accurately predict maintenance and mitigation regimes earlier in the field lifecycle)..

The AROWIND Project represents a paradigm shift in offshore wind inspections. By harnessing the expertise of leading companies and leveraging innovative technology, the project aims to address the cost, efficiency, and safety challenges associated with traditional inspection methods. The demonstration of the combined solution delivers a promising future of remote operations by capturing actionable datasets of an offshore wind installation through the Discovery Stereo Camera, without the associated cost and environmental impact that comes with traditional crewed operations.