Rovco has completed all survey work on the site of the planned 1400MW Cenos floating offshore wind farm located in the Central North Sea, 200km off the coast of Scotland.
The geo-environmental survey was completed on behalf of Flotation Energy and Vargronn over an area covering approximately 333 square kilometres.
Director of marine site characterisation for Rovco Craig Davis said: “The work was safely and successfully completed by our newly established site characterisation division, using our multi-purpose, custom-reconfigured DP2 survey vessel the Glomar Supporter.
“The deployment of the Supporter, which carries a full suite of survey tools, equipment, and technology, along with a highly experienced specialist team, was instrumental in ensuring that the fast-track delivery schedule for Cenos remained on schedule.
“This milestone reinforces the capabilities of our new business unit, designed to provide a ‘one-stop-shop’ approach to site characterisation projects.
“We’re not just meeting expectations; we’re redefining the standard for completing surveys as swiftly, efficiently, and cost-effectively as possible.”
Rovco’s work scope included the acquisition of geophysical and benthic information, providing detailed data to inform environmental impact assessment (EIA) consents and the engineering processes from early front-end engineering and design (FEED) study.
The geophysical element of the scope required the acquisition of multi-beam echo sounder, side scan sonar, magnetometer, sub-bottom profiler, and multi-channel seismic data along with associated analysis, processing, interpretation, and reporting.
On completion, the Cenos wind farm will provide renewable electricity to oil and gas platforms and the UK grid.
The Vargronn and Flotation Energy joint venture signed an exclusivity agreement with Crown Estate Scotland for the area earlier this month, after being awarded exclusivity earlier this year as part of Crown Estate Scotland’s Innovation and Targeted Oil & Gas offshore leasing round.