Community Offshore Wind President Douglas Perkins: “This collaboration is another step forward in designing a project with the best available science.”
Community Offshore Wind, a three way partnership between RWE Renewables and National Grid, has awarded Leidschendam, Netherlands, headquartered geo-data specialist Fugro an offshore survey contract to assist website appraisal and idea design actions within the New York Bight.
Survey work will start this 12 months with the bulk being executed in 2023, detailing geophysical and environmental circumstances inside the 510 sq. kilometer lease space, which has an offshore wind potential with an estimated capability of three GW.
Fugro says that it’s dedicating two vessels to the mission. Operating from an area port, survey groups will make the most of hull-mounted sensors to generate full-coverage floor and subsurface geo-data over the lease space to a nominal depth of 15 meters beneath the seafloor. While deeper subsurface geo-data will nonetheless be required in focused areas for basis engineering, Fugro’s survey method will allow Community Offshore Wind to start a geotechnical program forward of ordinary growth schedules.
Survey geo-data and consultancy providers for the mission can be delivered via Fugro’s regional middle of experience for offshore wind, situated in Norfolk, Virginia.
“We know just how important data collection in our lease area is to all local, fishing, maritime, environmental, and tribal stakeholders,” stated Community Offshore Wind’s President Douglas Perkins “As the leading offshore survey company, Fugro brings experience and an innovative approach to the U.S. market to collect data critical to the optimization of site layout and program flexibility while minimizing impacts to the natural environment. This collaboration is another step forward in designing a project with the best available science and incorporating feedback from a wide net of stakeholders.”
Céline Gerson, Fugro’s Group Director Americas added: “We are thrilled to be working with Community Offshore Wind on their landmark project to deliver clean, affordable energy to customers in the Northeast. Fugro is fully engaged in moving offshore wind forward in the US and this contract serves to strengthen our leading position in the market. Drawing on regional expertise and advanced technology, we will deliver on the trust shown to us, adding value to the development through efficient, high quality Geo data acquisition, analysis and advice.”
