RWE and Masdar have awarded Fugro a contract to undertake geotechnical surveys on the site of the Dogger Bank South (DBS) West offshore wind farm.
DBS comprises two separate sites, DBS East and DBS West, located on Dogger Bank, located 100 km off England’s northeast coast. RWE is leading project development, construction and operations on behalf of partners RWE (51%) and Masdar (49%).
Three vessels, Fugro Quest, Fugro Voyager and Normand Mermaid, are set to survey the ground conditions below seabed from June to October at the location of each proposed turbine and platform foundation, as well as associated seabed infrastructure.
The ground investigation will use a combination of cone penetration tests and sampling boreholes.
“The geotechnical data from these site investigations will give our engineers a detailed and accurate picture of the individual ground conditions at sites of the foundations and associated offshore infrastructure,” says Colin McAllister, DBS development project manager.
“We already have high-level data about the seabed conditions from reconnaissance surveys conducted in 2022. With the level of detail captured from the new surveys, however, we can design the most effective foundations for each turbine and platform in the project. We expect similar detailed surveys to take place at DBS East in the future.”
RWE entered into lease agreements for the two DBS projects with The Crown Estate last year.
