ORE Catapult to develop Digital Operation and Maintenance Environment (DOME)

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The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult has outlined plans to develop a virtual environment for better planning and maintenance of offshore wind farms, led by its Operations and Maintenance Centre of Excellence in Grimsby.

The Digital Operation and Maintenance Environment (DOME), supported by £600,000 funding from Innovate UK, will provide offshore wind developers and operators with a unique platform to progress, demonstrate and test solutions to common problems facing the offshore industry within a detailed virtual world. It builds on the announcement made earlier this year that ORE Catapult is creating a 5G marine network off the Grimsby coast, creating the biggest offshore wind ‘living lab’ in the world. The DOME will be the virtual... ... More: Official Press Release ORE Catapult

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ORE Catapult, offshore, development, digital testing, virtual environment, wind farm, O&M, Centre of Excellence, UK