On June 17th, we kicked off the model testing campaign for the ePROA project, aimed at developing an integrated digital platform for the operation and maintenance of floating wind farms. As part of this initiative, Seaplace has designed a SOV (Service Operation Vessel) for the floating wind. This advanced vessel will enhance operators’ capabilities by facilitating safe personnel transfers to floating platforms, launching and recovering ROVs and AUVs for mooring and dynamic cable monitoring, and performing mooring tensioning. A comprehensive model testing campaign will be carried out this summer at « Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial – « Esteban Terradas » (INTA) – CEHIPAR facilities in Madrid. These tests aim to assess and validate the hull performance concerning resistance/propulsion and sea-keeping properties of the vessel based on experimental analyses.
This project, led by the company HI Iberia Ingeniería y Proyectos (specializing in AI), benefits from Seaplace’s extensive experience in ship design and offshore engineering developments in floating wind projects and SubSea Mechatronics, S.L. in marine maintenance.
This project, with file number MIP-20221019, has been subsidized by the CDTI Innovación – Centro para el Desarrollo Tecnológico y la Innovación through the 2022 call of the ‘CDTI Missions’ Program and is supported by the Ministry of Science and Innovation of Spain.
Stay tuned for more updates on this campaign as we continue to push the boundaries of offshore wind technology!