Fugro has secured a contract to conduct geophysical and environmental site investigations at the Five Estuaries project, the extension of the operational Galloper offshore wind farm.<\/p>\n
Fugro Mercator has been appointed to carry out the geophysical survey at the UK project, which will start on 5 August and have a duration of approximately 14 weeks.<\/p>\n
The vessel will be conducting operations across the main array and export cable route areas.<\/p>\n
Fugro Seeker will perform the nearshore geophysical operations on the Five Estuaries export cable route for some 6-7 weeks, starting from 1 August.<\/p>\n
Additionally, dive support vessel (DSV) Curtis Marshall will conduct the environmental survey from 2 November for two weeks at the main array and export cable route both offshore and nearshore.<\/p>\n
The Five Estuaries offshore wind extension has a potential capacity of up to 353MW.<\/p>\n
Project partners are the same as at the Galloper wind farm and include a Macquarie-led consortium, RWE and Siemens Financial Services.<\/p>\n
The project was announced in September last year when the parties signed lease agreements with The Crown Estate for extensions of the Galloper, GwyntyMr, GreaterGabbard and Rampion offshore wind farms.<\/p>\n
Galloper, whichwas officially inauguratedin September 2018,comprises 56 Siemens Gamesa 6.3 MW turbines installed some 30 kilometers off the coast of Suffolk.<\/p>\n
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