A Full Life Cycle Solution
Saildrone’s leading autonomous technology is designed to maximize and futureproof offshore wind services with full life cycle solutions. From eco-lifecycle and hydrographic reconnaissance site surveys to ecosystem and maritime security monitoring.
Benefits
Transforming Ocean Access through Advanced Technology
Uncrewed solutions deliver a cost-effective alternative to crewed ships while simultaneously de-risking projects and reducing your project's carbon footprint.
Saildrone USVs are equipped with cutting-edge scientific sensors and cameras to gather essential data for offshore wind farms. This includes high-resolution ocean mapping, metocean data, persistent ecosystem monitoring, and the implementation of maritime security.
Together with optical cameras and proprietary machine-learning models, the Saildrone platform delivers real-time, 24/7 visual detection of maritime activity in the vicinity of protected assets, including identifying vessels and visiting sea life.
Quiet Platform
Saildrone USVs are predominantly driven by wind and solar energy, ensuring nearly silent operation. The reduced noise signature is significantly less disruptive to marine life when compared to traditional survey vessels, while still consistently delivering top-notch data quality.
Leading Industry Sensors
Saildrone vehicles are equipped with cutting-edge payloads and advanced sensor packages. This consists of top-of-the-line, commercially validated echo sounders, and meteorological and oceanographic sensors. Additionally, Saildrone has developed a proprietary hydrophone array, providing unrivaled acoustic capabilities for protected species monitoring.
Multiple Mission Objective
Saildrone USVs are capable of performing missions with multiple objectives simultaneously—ocean mapping, metocean data, and maritime security situational awareness. This mission flexibility provides offshore wind projects with an economical and efficient life-cycle solution.
Long-term Endurance
Saildrone's innovative platform design supports the ability to conduct long-endurance missions. Leveraging wind and solar-powered technology significantly reduces land-based refueling and maintenance requirements, compared to traditional crewed platforms. Implementing industry-standard quality control and quality assurance practices, which include annual maintenance checks on the vehicles and sensors, guarantees the preservation of top-tier data quality and vehicle reliability.
Data Quality
Coupled with the long-endurance and low environmental impact operations, Saildrone’s nearly silent USVs minimize interference with acoustic sensors, yielding high-quality data. These vehicles can gather high-resolution data for offshore wind projects 24/7 to meet the most stringent specifications and data standards.
Low Carbon
Saildrone USVs, driven by sustainable wind and solar power, offer an eco-conscious solution for collecting essential meteorological and oceanographic data that adheres to rigorous scientific standards.
RECENT MISSIONS
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HOW IT WORKS
Your Mission is in Good Hands
Mission Planning
Mission Planning Working closely with customers, Saildrone Mission Management conducts an in-depth pre-mission planning assessment. This includes a comprehensive feasibility analysis to pinpoint suitable deployment zones and determine the most efficient mission routes.
Mission Execution
Saildrone manages every aspect of the mission, in coordination with the customer, from start to finish, encompassing logistics, deployment, and operations. Our Mission Portal allows remote monitoring for real-time data assessment and enables swift adjustments to survey plans to align with customer requirements. Raw data is available in near real time for rapid processing via a high-speed, low-latency Starlink connection.
Post Mission
After the mission, Saildrone takes charge of vehicle retrieval and logistical coordination. When required, Saildrone’s team of experts will post-process the data and deliver a comprehensive data package to the customer.
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Client Stories
Learn more about how Saildrone is working with offshore wind stakeholders develop solutions to scale renewable energy production.
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With a zero operational carbon footprint, no impact to the marine ecosystem, a diverse payload, and the ability to stay at sea for extended lengths of time, Saildrone is ideally suited to provide never-before-collected information about offshore bat migration patterns. This important information will allow us to understand and minimize the potential impacts of offshore wind energy development on bat populations.”
Michael Whitby
BCI Director of Bats & Wind Energy Program
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Saildrone and RPS are working together to provide a unique, flexible, and adaptable solution to marine mammal monitoring of large areas over significant time periods, using smart tools to reduce personnel in the field but without decreasing the monitoring and mitigation provided to protect our marine animal neighbors.”
Stephanie Milne
RPS Team Leader, US Offshore Renewables
