Fastwave Wins Subsea Energy Australia Awards

Fastwave Communications, a developer of remote asset data acquisition systems, has won two out of five awards at the inaugural Subsea Energy Australia Awards held on 27th May 2011. Fastwave's OceanStar subsea sensor monitoring system won the Subsea Innovation Award and the Standard of Excellence Award.

 

 

The Subsea Innovation Award, sponsored by Technip, recognises the development of innovative products or services within the subsea sector, and demonstrating market penetration and growth.

The Standard of Excellence Award, sponsored by Wood Group Kenny, recognises a team or individual who has set a standard of excellence in performance or execution of a project, manufactured item, procedure or other.

The OceanStar system provides real-time data acquisition capability from subsea sensors by integrating underwater, satellite and internet technologies. It offers global capability, and utilises a unique system that allows all high-value instrumentation and electronic equipment to be located on the seabed, rather than in data buoys. This configuration enables simple, low-cost system deployment, and reduces vulnerability to extreme weather events, theft, vandalism and collisions that can affect large data buoys. The system can be integrated with various types of sensors, depending on the application. Since 2007, OceanStar has been deployed at multiple sites in some of the most extreme demanding marine conditions.

These awards follow the West Australian Information & Telecommunication Award that Fastwave received for the OceanStar system in April 2011.