RWE has appointed Fugro to finish a geophysical survey off the Danish west coast. The information acquired will outline the cable routes and precise turbine areas for RWE’s Thor offshore wind farm.
As much as three survey vessels might be deployed to hold out an in depth pre-construction survey together with a seek for unexploded ordnance (UXO) as much as roughly 34 kilometres off the coast of Thorsminde.
The awarded contract builds upon Fugro’s prior involvement within the mission, which included a complete geotechnical web site investigation performed in 2022.
Günther Fenle, Undertaking Director Thor Offshore Wind Farm, RWE Offshore Wind stated: “We’re trying ahead to utilizing the info collected by Fugro to finalise the structure of the wind farm and to find out the routes for the inter-array and export cables. This is a crucial step in the direction of the beginning of the development works at sea in 2025.”
Marc Kebbel, Fugro’s Service Line Director of Hydrography and Cable Route Surveys stated: “We’re utilizing a variety of survey methods, comprising offshore and nearshore normal geophysical and UXO survey methods, a seismic land refraction survey, and final however not least, Fugro’s fast airborne multibeam mapping system (RAMMS) for complete mapping of the shallow space and seaside within the transition zone.”
The UXO marketing campaign for RWE’s Thor offshore wind farm will run till December 2023. “The metocean challenges posed by Thor’s uncovered offshore location, similar to excessive waves and powerful wind in autumn and winter are including to the complexity. Our ongoing collaboration with RWE reinforces our place as a trusted accomplice within the growth of unpolluted vitality options,” added Marc Kebbel.
With a deliberate capability of 1,000 MW Thor might be Denmark’s largest offshore wind farm thus far. As soon as totally operational, which is deliberate to be no later than 2027, Thor could be able to producing sufficient inexperienced electrical energy to produce the equal of multiple million Danish households. Thor mission will assist to assist RWE’s purpose to develop its world offshore wind capability from 3.3 to eight gigawatts by 2030.
RWE is already concerned within the Danish Rødsand 2 offshore wind farm, which is situated south of the Danish island Lolland, roughly 10 kilometres southeast of Rødbyhavn. The wind farm has an put in capability of 207 MW (RWE share: 20%) and has been in operation since 2010.
