Six Axis Monitoring (SAM) local position reference system for dynamic positioning for safer offshore wind installation, servicing and maintenance operations.

到2030年，全球能源需求将增长40%，而气候变化问题要求减少不可再生能源的使用，风能已成为能源生产的主要候选能源。海上风能生产提供了大规模能源生产的潜力，因为它比陆上风电具有更少的视觉污染、与农业经营的竞争更少、更强的持续风等优势。然而，由于一系列因素，海上风力发电受到电力成本增加的影响；增加了操作、安装/维护成本、重大的安全问题和有限的操作条件。英国政府的一个重点是降低与海上能源生产相关的成本，这主要与在海洋环境中运行有关，其中包括需要一个公认的动态定位解决方案，以有效和安全地监测运动中的两个物体。Rinicom的目标是利用现有的视频分析和机器视觉算法，在相关环境中进一步开发和验证他们的六轴监测（SAM）技术，以使用现成的组件来实现新的海上风电用例，以确保易于集成和经济高效的解决方案。该项目还将利用Edda供应船（Østensjø Rederi的子公司）的专业知识来测试和验证SAM技术。这项技术为海上动态定位和监测系统提供了一个阶段性的改变，具有更高的精度、低延迟、更低的成本，并且易于改造和集成到现有的船舶系统中，从而降低了海上风能发电的运营和维护方面的成本，使整个社会受益。随着市场需求的验证（通过与包括Edda Supply Ships在内的最终用户的讨论）和先前的概念验证内部实验室研究的基础上，提出了有希望的精度结果（加速度/速度精度：<99%，位移精度：50米处5cm），该项目将进一步开发SAM技术并在相关环境中验证原型。这项新技术有可能彻底改变海上能源基础设施的安装和维护方式，从而降低运营成本，增加运营天数，并提高重型机械在具有挑战性条件下的安全性。这种创新的解决方案有潜力在全球范围内的一系列关键领域（包括石油和天然气、客运渡轮等）得到利用，并将降低海上风能的整体本地化电力成本。

With global energy demand set to increase by 40% by 2030 and climate change issues mandating a reduction in non-renewable energy sources, wind energy has become the leading candidate for energy production. Offshore wind energy production offers the potential for wide-scale energy production due to its advantages over its onshore counterpart including less visual pollution, less competition with agricultural operations, more/stronger consistent winds.However, offshore wind generation suffers from an increased Levelized Cost Of Electricity due to a range of factors; increased operational, installation/maintenance costs, significant safety issues and limited operating conditions. A key focus of the UK government is to reduce the costs associated with offshore energy production mainly associated with operating in a marine environment, which includes the need for a recognised dynamic positioning solution for monitoring two objects in motion efficiently and safely.Rinicom aims to further develop and validate their Six-Axis Monitoring (SAM) technology in a relevant environment using existing video analytics and machine vision algorithms to a novel offshore wind use-case using off the shelf components to ensure ease of integration and a cost-effective solution. This project will also leverage the expertise of Edda Supply Ships (a subsidiary of Østensjø Rederi) to test and validate the SAM technology. This technology offers a step-change with respect to marine-based dynamic positioning and monitoring systems, with improved accuracy, low latency, lower costs and ease of retrofitting and integration into existing vessel systems, enabling the reduction of costs associated with operational and maintenance aspects of offshore wind energy generation, benefitting society as a whole.With market need validated (through discussions with end-users including Edda Supply Ships) and building upon previous proof of concept in-house laboratory studies that presented promising accuracy results (acceleration/velocity accuracy: <99%, displacement accuracy: 5cm at 50m), this project will further develop the SAM technology and validate a prototype in a relevant environment. This novel technology has the potential to completely revolutionise the way in which installations and maintenance is undertaken on offshore energy infrastructure in order to reduce the cost of operation, increase number of operational days and increase the safety of operating heavy machinery in challenging conditions. This innovative solution has the potential to be exploited across the globe in a range key sectors (including oil and gas, passenger ferries, etc.) and will reduce the overall Localised Cost of Electricity for offshore wind energy.