Fugro has completed a site characterisation field programme off the coast of Massachusetts for Mayflower Wind’s proposed 800MW offshore wind farm.
The six‑month programme involved high‑resolution geo‑data acquisition within the project’s 520km square lease area and along the export cable routes.
Fugro’s work on the project started in April and comprised deployment of four vessels and one aircraft to acquire data about the site’s water depth, seafloor morphology, seabed and sub-seabed geohazards, historical and archaeological resources, benthic habitats and soil properties.
Laboratory testing, data integration and analysis are now underway to support the project’s construction and operation plans.
The data will support permitting, design and installation of the proposed wind farm, Fugro said.
Mayflower Wind is a joint venture between Shell New Energies and Ocean Winds – the global offshore wind collaboration of Engie and EDP Renewables.
Mayflower Wind technical director Michiel Bekker said: “Fugro has been a real partner to us and we commend the company for their hard work and professionalism on the geophysical, geotechnical, lidar, and benthic campaigns for Mayflower in 2020.
“These data are important to both permitting and engineering efforts and will help keep this important project on track to generate low-cost, clean energy to the state of Massachusetts by the mid-2020s.”