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Fugro secures survey contract for New York Bight

By: Tom Russell 21/11/2022 Fugro

General Windfarms

Community Offshore Wind, a joint venture between RWE Renewables and National Grid, has awarded Fugro an offshore survey contract to support site appraisal and concept design activities in the New York Bight. Survey work will commence this year with the majority being executed in 2023, detailing geophysical and environmental conditions within the 510 km2 lease area.

Operating from a local port, Fugro is dedicating two vessels to the project. Survey teams will utilise hull-mounted sensors to generate surface and subsurface geo-data over the lease area to a nominal depth of 15 m below the seafloor. While deeper subsurface geo-data will still be required in targeted areas for foundation engineering, Fugro’s survey approach aims to enable Community Offshore Wind to commence a geotechnical programme ahead of standard development schedules. Survey geo-data and consultancy services for the project will be delivered through Fugro’s regional centre in Norfolk, Virginia.

Douglas Perkins, Community Offshore Wind’s President stated: "We know just how important data collection in our lease area is to all local, fishing, maritime, environmental, and tribal stakeholders. As the leading offshore survey company, Fugro brings experience and an innovative approach to the US market to collect data critical to the optimisation of site layout and programne flexibility while minimising 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."

Community Offshore Wind secured lease area OCS-A 0539 in BOEM’s February 2022 auction for seabed leases in New York Bight. The partners claim the awarded seabed has the potential to host 3 GW of capacity, expected to be enough to power 1.1 million homes. The project is slated to be in operation toward the end of the decade.

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