Indeximate, a start-up founded in the UK in 2022, has won RWE’s second global Innovation Competition. The competition was launched with the aim to find innovative solutions in the domains of system integration, circularity and environmental protection in offshore wind that can support RWE´s growth ambitions and sustainability targets. This year’s winner suggested an innovative fibre optic sensing based approach, which can support preventive maintenance of subsea cables and at the same time monitor vessel traffic as well as the underwater environment, and thus build a picture of the ecology pattern of marine life in offshore wind farms. The innovative element of their solution is the ‘Indeximation’ of acoustic data, ensuring a more detailed and targeted analysis of acoustic signatures in the subsea soundscape. In addition to cable condition monitoring, this system will provide for vessel as well as marine mammal identification and tracking.
Through the award the Indeximate team became part of RWE’s Technical Innovation programme, which grants access to leading experts and the opportunity to further develop and test their innovative solution under real-life conditions. At the beginning of 2024, RWE and Indeximate signed a letter of intent to jointly assess the opportunity to pilot Indeximate’s technology at the RWE-operated Arkona offshore wind farm, located 35 kilometers northeast of the German island of Rügen in the Baltic Sea.
