Forth and Tay members
MarynSol
Business type: Marine
Contact: Mike Ellis, Business Development Manager
Address: 45 Timber Bush, Edinburgh EH6 6QH
Email:
Countries worked in: UK, but also in communications to deliver overseas projects in Canada & Norway
MarynSol conducts marine surveys using all variants of marine robotic platforms, including AUV/ASV/USV or assist clean energy developers and supply chain with automation development within their marine-based systems.
We're continuously developing our cutting-edge survey and software systems and have several ongoing automation focused R&D demonstrations within the Offshore Wind sector, including advanced condition monitoring projects.
Capabilities
Good capacity and some experience in supplying the sector
- Pre-Construction Development Phase (DEVEX): Geophysical Surveys
- Pre-Construction Development Phase (DEVEX): Meteorological & Metocean Sensors
- DEVEX - Project Management & QA Services: QA Management & Document Control
- DEVEX - Project Management & QA Services: Asset Management and Inventory Control
- OPEX - Operations & Maintenance: Export & Array cable Surveys & Repairs
- OPEX - Operations & Maintenance: Scour & Structural Surveys & Repairs
Capabilities to supply, but no/limited experience in the sector
- Pre-Construction Development Phase (DEVEX): Seabed Bethnic Surveys
- Pre-Construction Development Phase (DEVEX): Geotech Surveys
- Pre-Construction Development Phase (DEVEX): Ornithological Surveys
- Pre-Construction Development Phase (DEVEX): Aux Systems including power supplies & navigational aids
- Pre-Construction Development Phase (DEVEX): Front End Engineering & Design Studies
- Pre-Construction Development Phase (DEVEX): Fishing Studies & Liaison
- Pre-Construction Development Phase (DEVEX): UXO Management
- DEVEX - Project Management & QA Services: Project Management & Programme Management
Case studies
Measurement of tidal energy yield by current modelling using both sensors on both static and autonomous platforms
Contract type: Commercial
Value: £80,000
MarynSol completed a bathymetric and benthic survey, as well as current modelling of the Bluemull Sound off the Shetland Islands in Scotland, which was the world’s first grid connected offshore array of tidal energy turbines. The main focus of the project was to provide tidal current observations that could be used to calculate accurate energy yields from the tidal current resource using fluid dynamic modelling. The result of which would give rise to best practice financial decision making.
CableWynd - Demonstration of autonomous cable inspection technologies that deliver a multi-layered cable inspection process at greater accuracy and less cost than is currently available to the end-user.
Contract type: R&D Demonstration
Value: £130,000
A demonstration to a major Offshore Wind developer that delivered a granular but highly visible data set, from the tower splash zone to seabed, across all interconnectors, and export cable to shore. 1. A full splash zone to seabed (SeaWynd) to shore survey solution by Autonomous Surface Vehicles (ASV) using state of the art subsea sensors. 2. Interconnector and export cable by AUV inspection using state of the art subsea sensors. Objective to deliver a more detailed and accurate cable inspection process than is currently available to the Offshore Wind end-user. That will enhance O&M decision making and reduce the LCOE over the wind array lifetime.
