Ignitis Renewables has awarded offshore survey agency Fugro a contract to conduct a geophysical survey at Lithuania’s first offshore wind farm web site.
“This crucial step within the venture’s growth goals to reinforce the understanding of seabed situations, which is able to inform the situation, building and design of future wind generators on the Baltic Sea,” Fugro mentioned.
Fugro’s designated geophysical survey vessel, the Fugro Frontier, is at the moment on-site within the Baltic Sea surveying the 120-square-kilometer space, gathering 2D ultra-ultra-high-resolution (UUHR) sub-surface information, in addition to bathymetry, sidescan sonar, and magnetometer information.
“The two,000 survey line kilometers of high-quality information collected might be essential for characterising the location and figuring out potential dangers to an offshore wind farm growth on this space. These insights will inform the number of future geotechnical investigations and assist create an in depth floor mannequin that Ignitis Renewables will use to find out the optimum wind turbine basis design and places,” Fugro mentioned.
“We’re happy to accomplice with Fugro, one of many main authorities within the area, as the knowledge gathered from these surveys brings us one other step nearer to creating the primary offshore wind farm in Lithuania a actuality. The geophysical information acquisition is a crucial milestone in our preparatory section, laying the groundwork essential to provoke building on schedule,” acknowledged the Head of Offshore Growth at Ignitis Renewables Vytautas Rimas.
“Our dedication to delivering complete, dependable Geo-data, mixed with our experience in difficult geology and offshore situations, will assist derisk future phases of this growth. We stay up for contributing to the success of Lithuania’s clear power targets and to proceed our custom of offering beneficial companies to our shoppers,” mentioned Alvydas Uždanavičius, Fugro’s Lithuania Nation Supervisor.
Scheduled to start operations by 2030, the 700 megawatt (MW) offshore wind farm will generate as much as 3 terawatt-hours (TWh) of electrical energy yearly, which might meet as much as 1 / 4 of Lithuania’s present electrical energy demand.
