Almost every day, maintenance workers leave for offshore installations to carry out the necessary maintenance work. Components or tools regularly break down, which can lead to some work not being carried out or having to be postponed. This results in a lot of lost time and unnecessary costs.

Vattenfall will produce hydrogen at sea by installing an “electrolyser” on an existing operational turbine in Scotland. The hydrogen will travel via pipeline to the coast at Aberdeen Harbour.

The energy sector is increasingly facing the threat of cyberattacks, and in particular ransomware attacks. Energy is now one of the top three industries reporting this issue. What can the energy sector do to protect itself from cyberattacks? And more specifically, how can offshore wind farms protect themselves?

This spring will see the launch of the Icon project “Validated Architectures using 5G for teleoperation and collaborative operation” or “ValArch5G” for short. Accelleran, e-BO Enterprises, Bekaert, GEOxyz, Flanders Make and imec IDLab are joining forces to this end until mid-2024.

Cybercriminals are constantly shifting up a gear. This is evident from research by Fortinet, an American provider of cybersecurity solutions, and media company CNBC.

Research company Gartner sees twelve technology trends for the coming years as the powerhouse of digital business and innovation: