Reducing the Impact of Social distancing To Offshore Renewable Energy (RISTORE)

海上风能行业受到新冠肺炎的重大影响，主要原因是社会距离法规的实施及其对船舶工作人员的影响。近海检查，无论是为了调查将在哪里安装新的风电场，还是为了定期维护现有的基础设施，都受到了项目延误和在该行业工作的企业成本增加的影响。RISTORE将使用面向数据的智能方法优化海上可再生能源资产的海底检查。RISTORE将通过在边缘部署基于最先进的计算机视觉和机器学习的系统以及允许与远程操作员和分析员进行双向通信的基础设施来减少现场对人员在场的要求。该系统将在几个方面带来好处：*环境：通过减少离岸所需的人员数量，所使用的船只可以更小，并且提高调查效率将减少在海上所需的时间。这将产生减少燃料消耗的效果，减少对环境的直接影响和风能部门的成本。*运营商的认知负荷：测量任务可能在认知上要求很高，而且很繁琐。通过使用机器学习，运营商将能够利用自动化工具进行检查，从而提高调查的效率和准确性。*增加该行业的多样性和可及性：通过实现陆上调查分析和决策，消除在该行业工作的许多障碍和限制。*行业对新冠肺炎的适应能力：目前的限制现在需要长时间的隔离期和部署前的测试。取消许多人员在海外部署的要求，使行动能够继续进行，同时遵守社会距离/社会泡沫法规。

The offshore wind energy sector has been significantly impacted by COVID-19, primarily due to the implementation of social distancing regulations and their effect on staff on vessels. Offshore inspection, both for survey where new windfarms are to be installed, and for regular maintenance of existing infrastructure, have been affected by project delays and increased costs to businesses working in the sector. RISTORE will optimize the subsea inspection of offshore renewable energy assets with an intelligent data-oriented approach. RISTORE will reduce the human presence requirement on site by deploying a system based on state-of-the-art computer vision and machine learning on the edge, and the infrastructure to allow two-way communications with remote operators and analysts.The system will have benefits in several areas:* Environmental: by reducing the numbers of personnel required offshore, vessels used can be smaller and increased survey efficiency will reduce the time required at sea. This will have the effect of less fuel consumption reducing the direct environmental impact and the cost to the wind energy sector.* Cognitive load for operators: surveying tasks can be cognitively demanding and tedious. By employing machine learning, operators will be able to leverage an automated tool for inspection, increasing the efficiency and accuracy of surveys.* Increasing diversity and accessibility to the sector: by enabling onshore survey analysis and decision making, many of the barriers and restrictions to working in the sector are removed.* Sectoral resilience to COVID-19: Current restrictions now require lengthy quarantine periods and testing pre-deployment. Removing the requirement for many personnel to deploy offshore enables operations to continue whilst complying with social distancing / social bubble regulations.