The European MooringSense project is successfully advancing in executing the technical objectives set by the consortium during the second half of its development.
This was clarified at the follow-up meeting held recently via videoconference. The partners in the initiative, TNO, Ikerlan and Sintef Ocean, Zunibal, Saitec, Brindon Bekaert Wire Rope Industry, Vicinay Marine Innovation and Intecsea, and the CTC itself participated. The European Commission’s Project Officer also attended the meeting to confirm that the research is progressing correctly and that the results are aligned with the policies of the Horizon 2020 Programme.
All participants shared their progress and improvements made within the different work packages. The presentations highlighted the progress of the project and the important steps taken in developing enabling technologies. These technologies are the digital twin of the entire mooring system, strategies for advanced structural health monitoring, advanced control algorithms for wind turbine farms and optimised risk management strategies to minimise the maintenance costs of the installations, thus ensuring safe operation.In this sense, the latest breakthrough in the project has been the development of the SmartSensor prototype, which is now in the verification phase in the HarshLab floating laboratory in the port of Bilbao, awaiting installation in its definitive location in the open sea.
Following an update on the progress, the work to be carried out in the coming months by the individual partners and the consortium was coordinated and planned to integrate all the technologies developed within MooringSense.
