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Moving from fixed-interval diver inspections to a prioritised risk queue

Predictive corrosion monitoring for submerged monopile foundations across several wind farms

Aerial view of offshore wind turbine monopile foundations rising from the sea
USE CASE / CORROSION
Published product metrics
Failure prevention rate
8.2× ROI
Telemetry latency
< 1.2 s
Data-points integrated
15+ markers

These figures match the published metrics on the Predictim Corrosion Solution product page — this walkthrough is a composite scenario, not a specific engagement.

The challenge

Predictive corrosion monitoring for submerged monopile foundations across several wind farms

Segment: Offshore wind corrosion monitoring

Diver and ROV inspection campaigns are expensive and weather-dependent, so operators default to a uniform inspection interval across every structure. That treats a monopile in mild, well-oxygenated water the same as one in a local corrosion hot spot — spending inspection budget evenly instead of where risk is actually concentrated, and leaving no early signal between scheduled visits.

The approach

How the deployment was structured

Technical cross-section diagram of a submerged monopile with a corrosion risk heatmap band near the waterline

Prediction, not just monitoring

Machine-learning models — grounded in the submerged-steel corrosion research from the SOCORRO-Interreg programme — predict uniform corrosion rate for unprotected steel before physical decay is visible.

Multi-sensor telemetry, continuously

pH, conductivity, dissolved oxygen, and temperature stream into a local water-corrosivity index in real time via a developer API, rather than a snapshot taken during a scheduled visit.

A risk matrix, not a flat schedule

Telemetry history maps into a risk matrix per structure, so anode replacement and maintenance budget go to the monopiles that actually need it first.

Offshore-specific models

Pre-configured models for wind turbine monopiles and sheet piles mean the risk scoring reflects the actual asset type, not a generic submerged-steel default.

What changed

Reallocating inspection and anode-replacement budget by predicted risk, instead of spreading it evenly across the fleet, is the core shift — the same one the underlying SOCORRO-Interreg research programme set out to enable for submerged steel infrastructure generally.

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