Fugro to survey Sofia offshore wind farm
Published by Sarah Smith,
Assistant Editor
Energy Global,
Fugro's multipurpose vessel 'Fugro Pioneer' left the Port of Sunderland in the UK in early February to kick off a 6-month offshore cable route site investigation and survey campaign for innogy's Sofia offshore wind farm.
Sofia has a consented capacity of 1.4 GW and Fugro will provide geophysical and geotechnical services over the project's 220 km export cable corridor.
The objective of Fugro's site investigation is to comprehensively characterise subsurface conditions along the cable route corridor to better understand the benthic ecology and offshore archaeology of the site, and to enable detailed design for the proposed wind farm, which is located 195 km off the coast of north-east England.
The site investigation will include surveys performed from five vessels and will be complemented with a full suite of conventional and advanced laboratory testing. As well as 'Fugro Pioneer', geophysical survey data will be acquired using the 'Fugro Frontier' and 'Fugro Seeker'; two of Fugro's geotechnical vessels will then follow to provide drilling, and seabed sampling and in situ testing. Once the Geodata is acquired, Fugro will produce a ground model for innogy that will provide standardised datasets and interpretation in a clearly identifiable and easy-to-access format.
Read the article online at: https://www.energyglobal.com/wind/21022020/fugro-to-survey-sofia-offshore-wind-farm/
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