Fugro has been awarded a new marine site investigation contract by Vattenfall for their Norfolk Boreas offshore wind farm located off England’s east coast.
The 1.4 GW wind farm forms part of Vattenfall’s Norfolk Zone and will generate enough clean energy to power 1.5 million UK homes while offsetting 2.3 million tonnes of carbon emissions a year.
“Fugro is uniquely positioned to provide a range of resources – vessels, equipment and experienced engineers and geoconsultants – to support complex offshore infrastructure projects,” commented John ten Hoope, Fugro’s marine site characterisation director for Europe and Africa.
“Using innovative technologies, we will provide critical, high-quality geo-data to help de-risk future developmental phases of the Norfolk wind farms, supporting the UK’s energy transition.”
Starting in August this year, Fugro will conduct full coverage surveys across the Norfolk Boreas wind farm, inter-array cables and export cable routes. In the first phase of the project, geophysical surveys and unexploded ordnance surveys will be completed followed by a 2D ultra high-resolution seismic survey.
These operations will include the use of Fugro’s SEACALF Mk V DeepDrive system for seabed cone penetration tests (CPT) and Fugro’s Blue Snake geotechnical system which integrates CPT and sampling technology.
The resulting geo-data from Fugro’s investigations will be used in the ground model for the wind farms to help optimise foundation and cable design.
