BRISTOL, UK —Rovco will perform offshore rock bag deployment and installation work at the 353-MW Galloper offshore wind farm in the Outer Thames Estuary in the southern UK North Sea.
The rock bags need to be placed at precise locations on and around the cable protection systems (CPS) at the location 27 km from the Suffolk coast.
Following experience from previous subsea surveys, the operator chose rock bag placement as the best option, Rovco said, to limit excess cable movement of the CPSs, stabilizing and prolonging the life of the array cables that transport electricity generated from the wind turbines.
Rovco will deploy the VOS Star DPII subsea support vessel, on charter from Vroon Offshore Services, for the project, with equipment onboard including a Seaeye Leopard work ROV.
Galloper covers an area of 180 sq km with 56 wind turbines in water depths ranging from 26.5-39.5 m (LAT).
The project owners are a consortium led by Macquarie Asset Management. Other partners are RWE Renewables, Siemens Financial Services, ESB and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. and Development Bank of Japan.
RWE Renewables is leading the development and construction program.
10.25.2022
