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Through its contribution to a CIGRE Technical Brochure on DTS and DAS Site Acceptance Testing, Fluves is helping shape best practices for the next generation of power cable monitoring solutions.

Offshore wind is entering a new phase: projects are getting larger, sites are opening in new regions, and developers are working in seabed environments they have little historical data on; subsea power cables remain one of the most critical and costly assets in offshore wind.

As DALI continues to evolve, the latest improvements to its leak detection classifier represent another step forward in helping operators better distinguish real leak events from non-leak activity in complex pipeline environments. Here’s how.

We're making it official. Marlinks, long part of the Fluves family, is now fully integrated under a single name: Fluves. What was already one organization in practice becomes one organization in identity, bringing together our technology, our offshore expertise, and our teams under a unified brand and structure.

Effective subsea cable monitoring is crucial for ensuring the long-term performance of offshore wind farms. With evolving challenges in maintaining these critical transmission systems, operators are increasingly turning to more advanced monitoring solutions.

Fluves and Marlinks are joining forces and will move forward together as one integrated company.

The importance of effective submarine cable monitoring is growing. Ensuring the reliability and integrity of subsea cables is crucial for the operational success and sustainability of wind farms. In this article, you can find six key reasons why subsea cable monitoring is essential for the success and sustainability of offshore wind farms.

Enable long-term reliability in greenfield projects by integrating fiber optic CUI monitoring from the design phase, ensuring continuous protection and insights into insulated assets.

Explore how Fluves Corrosion effectively monitors moisture, stops corrosion in its tracks, and helps industries maintain the integrity of their assets.

In the heart of the U.S. energy sector, the Houston area stands as a pivotal hub for petrochemical and oil & gas industries. CUI accounts for over 40% of piping failures in this industry — a risk magnified in Houston’s Gulf Coast climate.

Discover five reasons why corrosion under insulation (CUI) monitoring is essential to maintain the health and longevity of industrial assets.

As the need for renewable energy sources increases, so do damage claims of offshore wind farms. Facing the brunt such claims, insurance companies are turning to submarine cable monitoring. Over 80% of insurance claims were due to cable damage.

At Marlinks, the objective is to convert raw subsea cable data into actionable insights. Using fiber optic technology connected to a Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) or Distributed Temperature Sensing (DTS) devices, Marlinks collect a significant amount of data.

In the offshore wind energy sector, subsea power cables play a crucial role in efficiently transmitting electricity from offshore turbines to the shore. Recognizing their importance, continuous monitoring is essential to ensure the operations of these critical assets.

At Marlinks, we believe in speaking the language of our users, who rely on the insights derived from our monitoring application to make informed decisions. However, the Distributed Temperature Sensing (DTS) or Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) systems behind our monitoring application speak a different language than the users when referring to specific positions along the submarine cables.

By now, most of our readers are familiar with Marlinks’ primary focus on DTS and DAS technology, which serves as the foundation for our well-known services like Depth of Burial and CPS health monitoring. However, there is a growing concern within the industry regarding the monitoring of cable terminations.

Offshore wind farms have rapidly emerged as a critical component of the global transition towards cleaner and more sustainable energy sources. With their ability to harness the immense power of offshore winds, they provide a significant contribution to reducing carbon emissions and meeting energy demands.

As offshore wind farms expand into deeper waters, floating turbines have emerged as a key solution. However, these floating structures introduce new challenges – particularly for the power cables.

The Marlinks dashboard provides an oversight of all the applicable services, such as Depth of Burial (DTS), RTTR (DTS), CPS Health monitoring (DAS), Impact Detection (DAS), Fault Detection (DAS) and Termination Temperature Monitoring (TTM).

Cable health monitoring through fiber optics technology significantly reduces manual offshore interventions and allows for a continuous oversight of the health status of the subsea cables. However, for optimal system performance, a meticulously executed fiber optic path is essential.

At Marlinks we believe designing a cable condition monitoring systems for the offshore wind industry always needs to be tailored to the specifics of a client and to the needs of the offshore project. Kicking off a project starts with identifying the specific monitoring requirements and expectations.

The offshore energy industry is heavily reliant on subsea power cables. These critical links transport electricity from offshore wind farms to the mainland, helping drive the transition to a more sustainable energy system.

Each year, between summer and early autumn, East Asia faces an intense typhoon season. Known as hurricanes or cyclones in other parts of the world, these powerful storms bring extreme winds, heavy rainfall, and significant wave action, all of which can severely impact offshore infrastructure.

Marlinks is involved in the GO-SENS project, an initiative focused on developing next-generation solutions for distributed optical fiber sensing (DOFS) to monitor high-voltage power cables in real-time.

At Marlinks, we are incredibly proud and excited to have received the ISO 27001 certification from Bureau Veritas.

The BOPTIC project wants to make a major step forward, by bringing OPT sensing technologies and advanced data analysis tools from TRL 3-4 to TRL 4-5, and tailoring them for monitoring the BOP components

Marlinks is extremely proud to have won the Blue Innovation Wave award for Cable Protecion System (CPS) monitoring in 2022.

In a significant milestone marking a decade of innovation, Fluves proudly unveils its fresh rebranding. With a commitment to excellence, the company's activities, motivation, and expertise keep on growing.

We interviewed Robin Guldentops, Asset manager ESP/IL at BASF Antwerp in Belgium on how CUI is experienced and dealt with at the world’s largest chemical producer.

Discover six reasons why fiber optic monitoring is important for water pipelines.

The DALI system is featured in the New Civil Engineer magazine, highlighting its role in transforming water leak detections.