Community Offshore Wind, a joint venture of RWE and National Grid Ventures, has contracted Fugro to conduct geotechnical investigation of the project’s lease area in the New York Bight.
The investigation will build on previous surveying by taking seabed samples and testing ground conditions, which the company hopes will ensure optimal placement of the project’s turbines.
“Our lease area in the New York Bight has the capacity to power more than 1 million U.S. homes with renewable energy from offshore wind,” says Doug Perkins, president and project director of Community Offshore Wind.
“This survey work is a vital step forward that will ensure our projects are developed sustainably and responsibly, while preparing us to bring new clean energy to communities across the region and help New York and New Jersey meet their nation-leading climate targets.”
The project’s lease area is located 37 miles off the coast of New Jersey and 64 miles from the New York coast. The site investigation began last month and is expected to continue through the summer. Fugro plans to use two geotechnical vessels to collect sediment samples, which will launch from Bayonne, N.J.
The project is expected to utilize independent protected species observers to detect and avoid marine mammals during field activities and collect visual observation data on marine wildlife.
