The Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI) has won a contract for a structural measurement campaign at Orsted’s Hornsea 2 offshore wind farm off the east coast of England.
The scope of the contract includes design, production and installation of instrumentation for six offshore turbines for monitoring the monopile foundation, transition piece and generator tower.
The instrumentation systems supplied by NGI will provide data for structural health and response monitoring during the installation phase, initial and life-time operation.
The data will automatically be transmitted to shore at given intervals for further analysis.
NGI Director for geodata and technology Kristoffer Skau said: “We are pleased that Orsted has awarded this contract to NGI and our sub-suppliers, this is a contract won in sharp international competition.”
The 1.4GW Hornsea 2 project is located 89km off the Yorkshire coast in the North Sea and is designed to power over 1.3 million households when completed.
It is scheduled to be commissioned in 2022.