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Published:
3:09 PM May 20, 2021
Updated:
4:26 PM May 20, 2021
Fugro Mercator is one of three vessels carrying out seabed surveys for North Falls Offshore Wind Farm
- Credit: Fugro
Geologists are set to carry out a survey of proposed cable routes for
a planned extension to the Greater Gabbard Offshore Wind Farm, which lies off the East Anglian coast.
Three wind farm survey vessels will spend the next three months examining the cabling routes for North Falls Offshore Wind Farm in the Southern North Sea.
The vessels will operate out of Harwich Port and it is expected the surveys will be completed by the late summer. Greater Gabbard is operated and maintained by a 100-strong team operating out of Lowestoft.
Maritime Activity Reports, Inc. May 20, 2021
Fugro Mercator is one of three vessels carrying out seabed surveys for North Falls.- Credit: RWE
For the next three months, three wind farm survey vessels will be busy in the Southern North Sea at the North Falls offshore wind farm site in the UK.
North Falls, a proposed extension to the existing Greater Gabbard Offshore Wind Farm, is located approximately 20 kilometres from the East Anglia coast on a site covering a total of 150 km
2. North Falls is jointly owned by SSE Renewables and RWE Renewables.
The surveys, being conducted by the Dutch marine survey contractor Fugro, will be integral to the project’s environmental impact assessment, with the data collected helping the team to understand the local marine environment.
Published:
3:09 PM May 20, 2021
Updated:
4:26 PM May 20, 2021
Fugro Mercator is one of three vessels carrying out seabed surveys for North Falls Offshore Wind Farm
- Credit: Fugro
Geologists are set to carry out a survey of proposed cable routes for
a planned extension to the Greater Gabbard Offshore Wind Farm, which lies off the East Anglian coast.
Three wind farm survey vessels will spend the next three months examining the cabling routes for North Falls Offshore Wind Farm in the Southern North Sea.
The vessels will operate out of Harwich Port and it is expected the surveys will be completed by the late summer. Greater Gabbard is operated and maintained by a 100-strong team operating out of Lowestoft.