Arup is to deploy a digital service to monitor the remaining lifespan of the foundations at the 630MW London Array offshore wind farm in the outer Thames estuary in England.
The Life Extension and Asset Management Platform (Leap) combines structural health monitoring and survey data to provide ongoing insight into the condition of foundations over their entire lifetime, Arup said.
The cloud-based service also integrates directly into clients’ asset management systems.
Arup offshore wind asset management lead George Walker said: “Foundations are the only major windfarm component that can’t be replaced, and maintaining their condition is essential to prolonging a wind farm’s operational life.
“Leap is deployed as an integrated, cloud-based application that clients can use directly in-house, empowering them to gain greater insight into foundation condition and move to risk-based inspection and maintenance.
“We look forward to working with London Array to bring the benefits of this platform to its wind farm.”
London Array Limited general manager Bob Smith said: “Arup has provided asset management support to London Array for several years and we are looking forward to being able to access foundation condition insight directly from their Leap platform.”
Arup will work with London Array Limited to deploy the system at the project over the next few months.