Fugro begins site investigations at two UK offshore wind farms
July 20, 2020
Fugro has started a four-month marine site characterization campaign for Vattenfall at two offshore wind development sites located more than 40 km (25 mi) off the coast of Norfolk, UK.
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The geotechnical vessel Fugro Scout.
Offshore staff
LEIDSCHENDAM, the Netherlands – Fugro has started a four-month marine site characterization campaign for Vattenfall at two offshore wind development sites located more than 40 km (25 mi) off the coast of Norfolk, UK.
The resulting geo-data from the geotechnical investigations will feed into the ground model for the Norfolk Vanguard and Norfolk Boreas wind farms, which will have a total installed capacity of 3.6 GW, enough to power more than 3.9 million homes.
Working from its DP-2 geotechnical drillship Fugro Scout, the company is performing surveys and sampling using its proprietary SEACALF Mk V DeepDrive cone penetration testing system at both sites, and will carry out testing both in situ and at its soils laboratories in Wallingford, UK, and Nootdorp, the Netherlands.
The site characterization work is split across two projects: the first will help Vattenfall optimize the wind turbine foundation engineering design; the second will assist Vattenfall in selecting the most efficient cable route from the onshore substation to the turbines.
