High-tech subsea surveying trialled at Cornish R&D site

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UK company Rovco has used a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) and sonar technology to carry out a subsea cable survey at Wave Hub in Cornwall.

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The Sub-Atlantic Mojave ROV (Credit: Rovco)

Located 16km off the north Cornish coast, Wave Hub is one of the world’s biggest test facilities for offshore wind and wave energy, as well as the subsea infrastructure needed to support it. The inspection project, which was carried out over ten days, trialled a combination of technologies for the first time to produce high-resolution 3D models of Wave Hub’s subsea network with millimetre accuracy.   

“Periodic subsea inspection is essential to ensuring that the cable system is well maintained to afford projects with a reliable offshore connection, and we were extremely pleased to allow Rovco to trial their 3D system on our site,” said Julius Besterman, head of engineering and operations at Wave Hub.

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