Imenco Future Technologies accelerates growth in renewables and defense.
Imenco Future Technologies, part of Imenco AS group, is experiencing strong global expansion driven by demand for advanced monitoring and visual systems in subsea environments. Particularly rapid expansion has occurred within renewable energy and defence industries where high end optics, AI enabled analytics, subsea sensors are deployed to enhance situational awareness, asset protection and operational safety under harsh offshore conditions.
Imenco Future Technologies recently won several multi million NOK contracts across these sectors for next generation visual and monitoring systems. According to Imenco Future Technologies, this represents a trend within offshore wind operators, defense organisations, and critical infrastructure owners that invest in more robust subsea surveillance and control solutions in order to protect installations while mitigating operational risk.
Daniele Petrone, who joined Imenco Future Technologies late 2024 to lead its ambitious global growth strategy, sees this momentum as marking a new phase in their development. He highlights how automated visual inspection, AI driven anomaly detection, and integrated data analytics have become key differentiators in renewable and defence projects alike and anticipates that their use will only become increasingly relevant as offshore portfolios grow globally.
Advanced camera systems were acquired for Baltica 2 offshore wind farm.
Imenco Future Technologies recently won one of the most notable contracts, to deliver marine camera systems to the Baltica 2 offshore wind farm project in the Baltic Sea. This major endeavor, expected to bring clean power to millions of people in Europe and requires robust topside and subsea monitoring infrastructure for long term operations and maintenance purposes.
Under this agreement, Imenco Future Technologies will supply next-generation visual systems equipped with artificial intelligence for real time monitoring of critical wind farm assets and marine operations. Their camera package was specifically designed to withstand offshore conditions while offering high quality imaging for surveillance, access control, vessel operations monitoring and condition monitoring throughout the duration of a project.
Imenco Future Technologies' win at Baltica 2 cements its place as a provider of visual technologies for large scale offshore wind developments, and highlights their role as integrated optics and analytics specialists, helping ensure effective inspection regimes, reduce unplanned downtime, and enable safer marine coordination around densely packed turbine arrays.
North American Expansion with new US offices
Imenco Future Technologies has increased its North American footprint to meet increasing international demand, after the acquisition of Gardner Technologies. Early 2025 saw Imenco open an office near Washington D C in Maryland that will serve both defense-related maritime programs as well as offshore energy projects along the US East Coast.
Imenco Future Technologies recently expanded its East Coast presence with the opening of a new office in Houston, Texas - expanding access to Gulf of Mexico offshore energy hub. From Houston, Imenco Future Technologies will focus on increasing engagement with operators, service providers and defence customers that need advanced subsea surveillance, leak detection and visual inspection capabilities for deepwater assets and coastal infrastructure.
Management has indicated that these new offices form part of an overall globalisation strategy for the company, placing it closer to growth markets and key decision centers. By combining local presence with their established engineering base in Norway, management hopes to shorten response times, better support project execution and foster long-term partnerships across both commercial and defence segments.
Collaboration between C Power and SeaRAY autonomous offshore power system
Imenco Future Technologies has joined the C Power Partner Engagement and Co Development Program as a collaboration partner on an 18 month field test of SeaRAY autonomous offshore power system in US waters, funded by the Department of Energy. This demonstration seeks to validate next generation autonomous offshore power solutions designed for long duration deployment in harsh ocean environments.
As part of this program, Imenco Future Technologies will utilize data produced by SeaRAY system assets to identify potential applications for its own visual and acoustic technologies, including subsea cameras, surveillance systems, AI-powered computer vision programs, wireless underwater communications networks and leak detection systems that could benefit from reliable in situ power and data connectivity in remote offshore locations.
SeaRAY is an integrated platform providing power generation, energy storage and real time communications to assets like autonomous underwater vehicles, seabed instruments and uncrewed surface vessels. At its trial phase, C Power intends to demonstrate enhanced mooring capabilities, satellite communications and increased generating capacity relative to earlier systems while Imenco Future Technologies and other partners provide feedback that optimize performance for emerging blue economy use cases.
Imenco UK Subsea and Mechanical Division has experienced an increase in enquiries.
Imenco Subsea and Mechanical Engineering of Aberdeen has seen an extraordinary upsurge in commercial activity during the first half of 2025. According to this firm, quoted values have grown by nearly 50 percent year-on-year - reflecting rising demand for subsea engineering, intervention, system design services.
Key growth markets for the UK unit of Subsea UK include Brazil, Guyana and the Gulf of Mexico where deepwater projects and late life field management continue. Furthermore, Namibia and Angola expansion is planned; Middle Eastern expansion may follow as existing offices in Houston, Brazil and Norway leverage global subsea worksscopes.
Aberdeen Office Mechanical Department Expands in One YearThe Aberdeen office's mechanical department has grown considerably over the past year and anticipates further hiring as it adapts established technologies for decommissioning and offshore renewables applications. Management stresses the division's emphasis on relationship based engineering and tailored solutions tailored to customer needs - positioning itself to support both traditional oil & gas projects as well as new low carbon developments.
Technology provides offshore intervention and asset integrity support.
Imenco Topside and Hydraulics has recently introduced a revolutionary tether management system designed to maximise ROV range and operational safety, helping streamline subsea inspection, maintenance and repair campaigns across offshore energy markets.
Imenco entities engaged in corrosion protection and mooring integrity services in Brazil are actively providing solutions that extend the lives of floating production storage and offloading vessels through enhanced mooring chain protection - this activity aligns with Imenco's overall focus on asset integrity, safety, and cost-efficient life extension for ageing offshore infrastructure.
These recent developments across renewables, defence, subsea engineering and asset integrity showcase how Imenco AS and its subsidiaries are adapting their strategies in response to an increasingly diverse offshore market. Imenco's group strategy encompasses legacy hydrocarbon assets with emerging blue economy opportunities supported by advanced technologies and an expanding international footprint.