The future development and deployment of floating offshore wind technology is seen as a critical element of the UK’s net zero ambitions. Now researchers have been awarded funding to create an offshore wind cyber security research and development facility that will ruggedise the technology against cyber-attacks. The Cyber-Resilience of Offshore Wind Networks (CROWN) project will create a purpose-built lab space at the University of Plymouth, says the university in a press release.
The CROWN project is being supported by a grant of £650,000 from the Heart of the South West Local Enterprise Partnership. It will include examples of the actual software and hardware found in a wind turbine array and its integration to the grid, and use them to identify potential vulnerabilities. The project team will then develop resilience procedures, security measures and training tools that ensure any future attacks do not interrupt the wind farms’ flow of energy.
Chloe Rowland, CROWN Project Manager: “The quest for clean energy is a critical element in the global drive for net zero. However, as increasingly innovative technologies are developed there is a pressing need to ensure they are not only efficient but also cyber-secure. With the South West being at the forefront of developments in floating offshore wind and maritime cyber security, this project unites two disciplines that will be critical to our future environmental and economic prosperity.”
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