DemoSATH Lab
Offshore wind coexisting with nature.
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DESCRIPCIÓN DEL PROYECTO
DemoSATH Lab generates environmental impact data on floating offshore wind to enable co-use of marine space, advanced biodiversity monitoring, and targeted R&D.
Building on the real-scale data collected around the DemoSATH floating offshore wind turbine, installed since 2023, the Lab combines innovative sensing and analytics to help de-risk new designs, optimise operation and maintenance strategies, and reduce lifecycle impacts on marine ecosystems.
The insights produced are meant to support regulators, industry, researchers, and local communities in delivering offshore wind projects that truly coexist with nature.
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Why floating offshore wind has to coexist with the environment?
Floating offshore wind is essential to decarbonising the energy system, delivering large volumes of low-carbon electricity close to demand centres and helping reduce greenhouse gas emissions from power generation. But this expansion is taking place in already busy and fragile seas, so projects must be carefully planned and operated, treating coexistence with the marine environment as a core design requirement rather than an afterthought.
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OUR INVESTIGATION PROGRAMS
1. BIODIVERSITY RESILIENCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS
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Nature inclusive design program
Focuses on engineering and operational solutions that enhance habitat quality around the floating foundation and mooring system—for example, exploring eco-designed surfaces and layouts that can act as artificial reefs, improve connectivity for fish and invertebrates, and reduce disturbance to seabirds and marine mammals.
Our most recent addition is the installation of Ocean Ecostructures’ Life Boosting Units (LBUs), now attached to the submerged section of the platform.
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Biodiversity surveillance program
Combines multiple monitoring techniques to track how marine life responds over time.
- It uses ROV surveys y underwater cameras for surveillance.
- eDNA sampling provides a sensitive tool to detect a wide range of species, from invertebrates to fish and marine mammals.
- In parallel, dedicated systems monitor birds in the area, record bat activity through acoustic listening, and a sonar is used to listen for fishes and cetaceans, building a high-resolution picture of how offshore wind interacts with marine biodiversity.
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2. CO USE
This initiative focuses on designing and piloting offshore co-use actions by integrating nature-based solutions to restore water quality and biodiversity. Key priorities include full HSE compliance, enhanced research access, and the development of a replicable activities for future floating wind installation sites.
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Fisheries
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Aquaculture
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R&D program
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Surveillance and defense
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Marine environment monitoring
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3. IMPACTS
This initiative focuses on designing and piloting offshore co-use actions by integrating nature-based solutions to restore water quality and biodiversity. Key priorities include full HSE compliance, enhanced research access, and the development of a replicable activities for future floating wind installation sites.
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