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We are proud to highlight the below businesses as those who have graduated from one of our Launch Academy programmes. These companies have all shown they have the competence, knowledge and the culture to complete the programme.
Below, you can learn more about the companies that have graduated from the Launch Academy programmes:
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4Ax Technologies
National Launch Academy 2022
4Ax Technologies, as in x,y,z + time = 4 axes, has responded to this industry challenge by developing a remotely controllable method of inspection, which has the capability to enter the interior of a wind turbine blade even further than the extent of human access. Using pre-patented technology, the robot uses artificial intelligence to examine real-time images before labelling them as either ‘damaged’ or ‘healthy’.
National Launch Academy 2023
Aquatec has been designing technology and custom underwater measurement, monitoring, and communication solutions for over three decades. Its diverse portfolio features products that measure physical oceanographic and subsea process parameters, and custom systems for applications in offshore energy, covering cathodic protection and monitoring, structural dynamics, and remote data access with underwater readouts and through-water communication systems.
Launch Academy East of England
Established in 2005, Aquaterra Energy specialises in solving offshore engineering challenges. Its goal is to implement an affordable fibre-optic monitoring system in the concrete structures of offshore wind installations. This innovation provides operators with assurance that their assets meet design specifications, offers insight into remaining lifespan, and cuts lifetime operating expenses.
National Launch Academy 2020
Blade inspection and repair is just one of the immense tasks that London SME BladeBUG is setting out to transform through robotic, digitalised solutions. Inspection of lightning strike protection and the condition of bolts, the vital fasteners that hold wind turbine structures together, are the latest applications for their ground-breaking technology. It offers a unique walking robotic platform designed to remotely carry out detailed inspections, maintenance and repairs on wind turbine blades.
National Launch Academy 2023
Built-ID is a B Corp software company that enables decision-makers to deliver more socially impactful and sustainable places, using its award-winning digital community & occupier engagement platform, Give My View.
National Launch Academy 2023
Eleven-I provides a field proven wind turbine blade condition monitoring solution, from sensing hardware and data handling, to analytics, prediction and reporting. The goal is to reduce the cost of wind power through faster introduction of new products, reduced O&M, fewer catastrophic failures, improved blade performance and extended lifetimes.
National Launch Academy 2023
Enverse is a software company that simplifies the integration and engineering of machine learning solutions for industrial and energy companies. The company has created a comprehensive library of pre-built analytics algorithms and ML solutions tailored to diverse industry applications. By leveraging their solutions, engineering hours for customized software development can be reduced by as much as 80%.
Launch Academy East of England
Exo Engineering has developed ExoReefs, which provide scour protection for cable routes and turbine foundations for offshore infrastructure, with up to 90% recycled materials to mitigate carbon use and form a haven for wildlife.
Launch Academy East of England
Extend Robotics has set its sights on the offshore energy sector, seeking to explore the potential of remote robotic operations, particularly in the inspection and maintenance of assets. Its technology offers seamless collaboration between humans and robots from remote locations, making work cheaper, safer and more efficient, that are VR controlled.
Launch Academy East of England
Fern Communications has developed a cost-effective, real-time people tracking solution called F-Trax. It can be integrated with existing marine management systems to ensure the safety of workers within remote field locations such as far out at sea.
National Launch Academy 2020
First Airborne Britannia is developing a fully automated airborne platform & service permanently stationed within large infrastructure facilities – primarily offshore wind farms. Key applications include constant wind farm performance monitoring, and structural inspection on demand.
National Launch Academy 2022
Based upon in-depth market research and industry feedback, Force55 has developed a system which provides remote real-time tracking of field personnel and multiple surface and sub-surface vehicles within the offshore industry.
Launch Academy East of England
Front Technologies is developing an inspection tool tailored for on-site wind turbine blade inspections. The new robotic maintenance system differs from current techniques used to inspect wind turbines and it will deliver improved efficiency, reliability, safety, and applicability across both onshore and offshore wind farms.
National Launch Academy 2022
Future Energy Associates is a team of data scientists and energy specialists who develop software and utilise machine learning through artificial intelligence to optimise the design and operation of renewable energy and storage assets.
National Launch Academy 2020
GreenSpur Wind is an innovative SME based in Middlesbrough, England. They aim to provide a sustainable alternative to offshore wind turbine generators by eliminating the requirement for Rare Earth materials. Specifically, the company has designed, developed and manufactured a unique permanent magnet generator.
Launch Academy East of England
Haven Dredging offers an eco-friendly and cost-effective dredging solution that could reduce harmful emissions by up to 90%. It harnesses the power of tides and currents, minimising disruptions to marine ecosystems.
Launch Academy North 2022
Hyserve Marine is a specialised marine hydraulics manufacture, servicing & engineering company based at the Port of Blyth. They provide rapid proximity-to-port servicing, repair and maintenance to offshore and onshore companies operating along the Eastern coast of England and Scotland.
National Launch Academy 2022
Ilosta creates digital AI versions of structures to predict the extent of defects based solely upon surface visual inspection with no human interaction. Non-contact inspection technology combining AI and fracture mechanics.
Launch Academy North 2022
INEX is the UK’s leading full-service compound semiconductor development and fabrication company. Based in the North East of England, they support a global customer base ranging from blue-chip multinationals to highly innovative start-ups.
National Launch Academy 2020
Intebloc offers transformative solutions for more efficient, safer lifting. Their technology solutions make significant health and safety improvements to the lifting environment, in any industry.
National Launch Academy 2022
IONATE transforms power systems through deep-tech R&D. The hardware-software innovation equips key electricity players with the data and power-flow control needed for a flexible, decentralised and decarbonised energy transition.
National Launch Academy 2022
High-speed connectivity at sea saves lives, protects the environment, and ensures stable growth of a safe, secure and smart blue economy. JET Connectivity provides vital 5G connectivity at sea for reliable communications and real-time data collection via robust floating networks.
National Launch Academy 2022
Through automotive research, MasterFilter discovered there are quantified benefits to internal combustion engines when the oil is kept ‘ultra clean’. The research found engines had 93% less mechanical wear because the oil was kept in a pristine condition and therefore able to continue to perform consistently well for a much longer period of time. MasterFilter is the first company to bring this performance level of filtering to the wind industry with the device being specifically designed to be retrofitted to wind turbines within two hours.
National Launch Academy 2020
Microsense Technologies Ltd is the inventor and patent holder of a revolutionary new sensor technology, bringing precise, real-time monitoring and actionable intelligence to key offshore assets, through compact, non-contact sensors that help companies dramatically reduce waste, increase production efficiency, meet environmental standards and improve their profits.
Launch Academy East of England
Mission Zero Technologies is leading the charge in the UK’s carbon removal industry, aiming to accelerate critical Net Zero pathways with its Direct Air Capture (DAC) technology. Its innovative approach is not only affordable but also scalable to any size, enabling it to recover carbon dioxide directly from the atmosphere anywhere in the world for permanent removal or sustainable use.
National Launch Academy 2022
MJR Power and Automation is focused on improving the offshore wind sector by developing the world’s first, ‘On Turbine Electrical Charging System’. This innovative and award-winning technology allows electric support vessels to charge offshore; a huge step for the decarbonisation of offshore wind operations and maintenance machinery.
National Launch Academy 2023
Napkin Innovation is developing a portfolio of IP for the offshore renewables industry, in particular a mechanical alternative to grout for the quicker, cheaper and cleaner installation of jacket foundations.
Launch Academy North 2022
Pharos Offshore Group is a provider of subsea equipment, people and services to the global offshore energy sectors focusing on seabed intervention, observation and inspections for subsea pipelines, and seabed cable burial.
Launch Academy North 2022
Pipeflex Systems are specialists in the design, supply, installation and maintenance of hazardous fluid and gas transfer equipment.
Launch Academy East of England
Recyclatrack Ltd carries out the recycling and material separation of wind turbine blades using ultra high pressure waterjet technology.
National Launch Academy 2020
Renewable Dynamics is developing a novel Wind Farm Control solution to optimise the economic return of merchant wind farms, reacting to market prices and wind conditions while managing the life of the wind turbines.
National Launch Academy 2020
REOptimize Systems provides optimisation tools to improve asset performance. Their key product ACTOS is a revolutionary system for the optimisation of wind, tidal and hydro turbine control parameters.
Launch Academy North 2022
S3NVentus’ patent-protected products seamlessly integrate cable and flexible installation systems and protection systems to provide reduced risk, cost effective, sustainable solutions.
National Launch Academy 2023
Seascape Surveillance, previously called Wildcat Films, is a technology start-up developing an innovative and disruptive approach to shipping and wildlife surveys for the offshore renewables industry.
National Launch Academy 2023
SeaThor offers a range of engineering and technical solutions for their customers, focusing on cables, flexibles and umbilicals for the offshore energy market. In addition to analysing, defining and offering guidance on products we also conduct research and development with the primary objective of helping to deliver new and innovative products to the market through research, concept development, design feasibility assessments, and product testing.
Seismic Space
Launch Academy North 2022
Seismic Space is a software company providing breakthrough solutions for the marine seismic survey industry.
National Launch Academy 2023
SkyLifter Ltd is an early-stage technology integrator supported by the founder and investors. Their experienced team of engineers are merging the technologies of Lighter-Than-Air, solar powered electric propulsion and crane hooks to create practical air-cranes that overcome the physical limits of land/sea cranes and helicopters.
National Launch Academy 2022
Steamology is working towards reducing the negative environmental impacts within the offshore industry by replacing diesel engines, found in marine and transport vessels, with zero-emission hydrogen steam powered engines.
Launch Academy North 2022
Three60 Mapping uses innovative techniques to transform surveying for a digitally centred world.
National Launch Academy 2023
Tugdock Limited are an innovative start-up company developing a patented submersible buoyancy products. Their technology acts as additional buoyancy or as submersible platforms for lifting, launching, or stabilising heavy marine structures.
Launch Academy East of England
Urban XR is developing a software application for mixed reality headsets tailored for the offshore wind industry. These headsets create a digital rehearsal for offshore applications that can be viewed in real time and allow teams to rehearse construction phases – removing costly mistakes and improving health and safety.
National Launch Academy 2020
Ventus novel TripleCMAS blade sensor technology converts the rotor and entire swept area into a monitoring instrument for existing and future off- and onshore wind turbines. It is a cost-efficient, easy-to-use, robust and modular rotor monitoring technology. This solution can also be developed into an overall wind farm wake management system and to improved WTG health forecasting for setting up predictive maintenance programmes.
National Launch Academy 2023
Verlume is an Aberdeen based, award-winning technology business deploying energy management systems that operate in harsh marine and offshore environments, used to power critical applications, displace other fuel sources, or reduce emissions. Leveraging Verlume’s subsea engineering expertise to survive the harsh environment for deep water applications, the technology design is portable to allow for shallow water installation and/or surface installation.
National Launch Academy 2022
VRAI combines virtual reality and artificial intelligence to make simulation training more authentic, memorable and measurable. With vast experience in virtual reality simulation training, VRAI has produced training for multiple high hazard environments within industries such as defence and aviation.
Launch Academy North 2022
Walker Subsea Engineering provide innovative products and expert engineering consultancy to the global offshore industry.
National Launch Academy 2020
Zelim, previously Offshore Survival Systems, aims to revolutionise ‘Far from Shore’ operations by introducing unmanned, and semi-automated lifesaving vessels available on permanent standby operation.
National Launch Academy 2020
ZX Lidars are developing a novel low-cost, easy to install lidar to support individual wind turbine control.
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