Environmental Monitoring

With concerns over the impact of wind farm construction and operation on marine life, it is crucial to have an effective way to detect and monitor the environmental situation in the area. By using Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) technology, fiber optic cables can detect external environmental events, such as whale sounds, earthquakes and vessel movements, allowing for effective monitoring and protection of marine life in the offshore wind farm area.

The construction and operation of a wind farm can cause negative impact on surrounding marine life due to the noise impact a wind farm can have. To protect the surrounding marine life, it is foremost necessary to be able to know what and if sea mammals are present.

Marlinks took up the challenge to detect whales surrounding submerged subsea fiber cable using nothing but a DAS device. Advanced algorithms could classify the recorded sound into porpoise echolocation clicks, whale song and other marine noises, and compute the location of the mammal. It is exciting to know that once operational, the system would allow to alert the crew when the mammal is getting too close to the construction site, so that necessary actions can be taken.

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Our dashboard gives you a real-time overview of all offshore cable monitoring services, helping you make informed decisions to reduce risk and cost.

• Continuously monitor submarine power cable health across all parameters
• Integrate directly into your SCADA system or access via a standalone web browser
• Download reports for analysis or to share with stakeholders in your organisation