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Autonomy for the Environment – Paving the way for Net Zero

Vision

Make a material impact on the Net Zero through Autonomous Operations.

Mission

Help our customers to improve financial performance whilst reducing environmental footprint through Autonomous Operations

Markets we serve

• Offshore energy
• Coastal Nature based Solutions (NbS)
 • Subsea data centres

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Autonomous Operations:

Self-sufficient and require no human intervention, learning to adjust to dynamic environments.

Benefits of Autonomous Operations

• Improved Safety
• Reduced Environmental Footprint
 • Reduced Energy consumption
• Improved Operational flexibility
 • Reduced Cost
• Scalability
• Improved Security

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Autonomous Operations Enabling Technologies

 • Wireless: data/power through water/water-air
 • Sensors: low-maintenance and energy efficient
 • Edge processing: energy efficient
 • Unmanned vehicles: above and below water

Autonomy: designed for robotics Subsea Wireless Technologies key to scaling offshore renewable energy.

 
 

Our Product Solutions for Autonomous Operations Lattice Link IloT

Self-sufficient and require no human intervention, learning to adjust to dynamic environments.

Benefits of Autonomous Operations

• Above and below water smart wireless devices

• Multi Sensor 

• Edge processing 

• Wireless communications through water/water-air boundary  
• Backhaul over 4g/5g/LoRaWAN/Starlink 
• Azure front end 
• 10 year+ battery life
• Depth rated 100m/2000m
• 10 year+ battery life
 

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Asset Integrity

 FATIGUE 
• Subsea/subsurface structure
 • Subsea Cable
 • Acoustic-emission crack detection
 
 
CORROSION
• Subsea/subsurface structure
 
FLOOD MEMBER DETECTION 
 • Ballast tank integrity 
• Jacket brace
 
MOORING LINE
• Failure
 • Fatigue
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Environmental/Biodiversity

• Temperature
• pH/Conductivity
• Dissolved Oxygen 
• Wave height
• Cetacean presence/count

Sensor data is processed at the Edge to actionable information, using our proprietary Frugal Processing technology.

Use Case – Offshore Jacket Fatigue

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Actionable Information Demonstrators and Pilots

Autonomous Operations Demonstrator

Objectives
• Experience of Autonomous Operations monitoring offshore jacket fatigue
• Actionable Information: Fatigue response of jacket

Status:
Prototype trialed and demonstrated 1H23
Edge processing:
Rain flow count analysis proxy
Sensor:
Accelerometer
Timescales:
1H22 – 1H23

Use Case – Autonomous Operations Pilot | Nature based Solutions (NbS)

Autonomous Operations Pilot

Nature based Solutions (NbS)

Environmental Surveillance

Objectives
• Lattice Link device Monitoring mangrove restoration, Puerto Rico
• Build experience using Autonomous Operations monitoring large scale (NbS) – Mangrove and seagrass restoration & regeneration
• System suitable for deployment/recovery by UAV/USV
• Actionable Information: water quality

Status:
Custom Lattice Link devices developed and trailed at Jobos Bay
Edge processing:
Rain flow count analysis proxy
Sensor:
pH, conductivity, pressure, temperature, dissolved oxygen, turbidity
Timescales:
2H21 – 1H23

JIP Partners: BP, TechnipFMC, Wood, Woodside

Accelerometer Peak Counts

Accelerometer Peak Counts

Lattice Link device Monitoring mangrove restoration, Puerto Rico

Lattice Link device Monitoring mangrove restoration, Puerto Rico

Use Case – Autonomous Operations Pilot | Cetacean Surveillance

Autonomous Operations | Cetacean Surveillance

Autonomous Operations | Cetacean Surveillance

Autonomous Operations Pilot

Cetacean Surveillance 

Objectives
• Develop low-energy solutions for persistent cetacean monitoring 
• System suitable for deployment/recovery by UAV/USV/ROV

Status:
Prototype trials completed, pilot deployment 2H23
Edge processing:
Cetacean detection and count

Sensor:
Custom Acoustic
Timescales:
1Q22 – 2H23
Partners:
Offshore Wind Growth Partnership

Cetacean Test Tank

Cetacean Test Tank

Use Case – ASEC (Autonomous Surveillance of Subsea Electric Cable)

Autonomous Operations Pilot

ASEC (Autonomous Surveillance of Subsea Electric Cables

Objectives
• Build experience using Autonomous Operations for subsea cable asset integrity management
• Lattice Link cable fatigue monitoring devices deployed using USV/ROV
• Cable fatigue information harvested using UAV
• Live intervention
• Open path for integrated biodiversity & security surveillance 

Status:
Prototype trials and demonstrator completed 1H23
Edge processing:
Rain flow count analysis proxy
Sensor:
pH, conductivity, pressure, temperature, dissolved oxygen, turbidity
Timescales:
1Q22-2Q24

JIP Partners: BP, Crondall Energy, Everoze, JDR Cables, MIRDC, ORE Catapult, Orsted, National Subsea Center, Technip,FMC, Wood, Woodside, Xceco

Autonomous Operations

Autonomous Operations

Autonomous Operations Demonstration, Flowave Test Tank, Edinburgh University, Feb 2023

Autonomous Operations Demonstration, Flowave Test Tank, Edinburgh University, Feb 2023