Fugro has begun marine site characterization work at the Hornsea Two Offshore Wind Farm site. The contract, awarded by renewable energy company Ørsted, covers geotechnical site investigation and follows other contracts awarded earlier this year for geophysical investigation services at the site. The geotechnical data acquired by Fugro will support the development of the ground model, assist design activities for the turbine foundations and inform cable route design at the Hornsea Project Two…

Fugro has been awarded contracts by Ørsted to undertake geotechnical investigations at two large-scale offshore wind development sites. Ørsted is pursuing the development of these two new projects (including the Bay State Wind, located 15 miles off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts and Ocean Wind, 10 miles off the New Jersey coast) to bring wind energy to American consumers and businesses. The marine site characterization…

Global experience at over 100 offshore wind farms has led to the involvement of Fugro emerging in the offshore wind farm market in Taiwan. Complementing its 30 years of experience offshore Taiwan, Fugro has completed geotechnical and geophysical surveys for feasibility studies, installation, commissioning and cost-effective operation of offshore wind farms in the UK, European, and North American…

Fugro has completed phase one of cable-laying operations on schedule at the Rampion Offshore Wind Farm, as the work halts for a break over winter. The work vessels will return next spring, complete with Fugro’s full cable-installation equipment spread, to install the remaining 62 cables in phase two. The initial install of 60 cables was completed…

An innovative development by Fugro for its work-class remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) has been successfully used in cable-lay touchdown monitoring operations at the Rampion Offshore Wind Farm. A new track base unit, fitted to its FCV ROV, was introduced to ensure highly accurate cable positioning during the cable-lay operations. The unit ensures the continuation of operations in strong…

Fugro has completed offshore works undertaken in preparation for full construction of the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) at Aberdeen Bay, Scotland. The geotechnical site investigation took place at 11 turbine locations to assess the seabed, with the data acquired being used to inform the final design and micro-siting of the turbine foundations. Full…

DONG Energy has appointed Fugro to perform offshore pre-construction surveys at the Walney Extension offshore wind farm. Fugro will begin seabed survey work in the Irish Sea off the coast of Cumbria, UK in March. The pre-construction and engineering survey will provide detailed information to the Walney Extension project team, including additional geophysical data to…

Fugro has commenced preliminary site investigations at the Hollandse Kust (zuid) Wind-Farm Zone in the Dutch sector of the North Sea. The site characterization specialist will perform geophysical surveys from its 54-meter multi-purpose survey vessel, Fugro Pioneer, and the 40-meter, Victor Hensen. The work will take place over a period of three to four weeks…

A clever all-purpose trenching machine intended for burying cables on the sea floor provides interchangeable water jet and chain-cutting skids which can be swapped on board its installation vessel while at sea.

Fugro recently completed the burial of export cables at the Gemini offshore wind park, off the Netherlands’ coast. The company was awarded the project back in April by international contractor, Van Oord. To execute the export cable burial works, Fugro mobilized one of its two Q1400 trenching spreads onto the Van Oord support vessel, the…

Mike Daniel / Trenching Business Line Manager / Fugro Subsea Services Limited It is important to bury wind farm cables, oil and gas umbilicals, and pipelines to protect them from damage, particularly in the crowded, relatively shallow waters off European coasts. A 2009 report by the International Cable Protection Committee suggested that  two-thirds of all…

Fugro has secured a contract for the installation and burial of 122 array cables at the Rampion Offshore Wind Farm being built in the English Channel, located 13 kilometers off the Sussex coast. The contract was awarded by E.ON, alongside the UK Green Investment Bank. The engineering and planning will start immediately with installation carried…

Fugro has been awarded a contract by Navitus Bay Development Ltd to provide real-time bankable wind profile data for a 12-month period using the Seawatch Wind LiDAR Buoy. The LiDAR buoy has achieved close to 100% data availability despite experiencing several storms since its deployment at the beginning of February. This compact and robust multi-purpose…