Seismic events can significantly affect wind turbines, foundations, offshore substations, power cables and installation vessels, creating engineering challenges beyond those addressed by conventional wind and wave design approaches.
The vessels will be built at the Dajin Heavy Industries shipyard in China based on a design by Groot Ship Design and incorporating a predominantly European makerslist.
UTEC, a global surveying company in subsea services group Acteon, recently commissioned its new LARS for the fleet of seven autonomous underwater vehicles it uses for seabed surveys in the oil and renewables industries.