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Surveys scheduled for North Irish Sea Array

4C Offshore | Tom Russell
By: Tom Russell 04/11/2022 North Irish Sea Array

Developers of the
North Irish Sea Array (NISA) wind farm intend to undertake a Geotechnical Site Investigation campaign on the proposed project area 7.3km from Rush, County Dublin.

The campaign will involve the deployment of Seabed Borehole Drilling and Cone Penetration Test (CPT) equipment from a survey vessel at specific locations within the NISA site. It is expected to be completed between 4 November 2022 and 8 December 2022. The survey will be conducted using the Fugro Synergy vessel.

The NISA project will have a capacity of around 500 MW and is expected to power more than half a million Irish homes a year. It is set to feature 30 to 36 turbines to be arranged in 3 groups or pods with each turbine to be up to 300m tip height. Each 'pod', or group, would consist of 10-12 turbines and this system is being used to minimise the visual impact and reduce impacts on fishing in the area.  It is being developed by Statkraft which was granted a Maritime Area Consent application approval to the company in September 2022.

COWI was recently named as owner’s engineer for the project and  will be responsible for a broad scope of work for the proposed NISA wind farm, including foundation concept design, electrical design, construction, O&M port assessment and cost model development.



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