By Work Boat staff
Geotechnical data company Fugro says it has completed a four-year program of continuous survey operations in the New York Bight for Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind, covering five project sites across three lease areas totaling 1,000 square kilometers.
The red hull of the 170’x40’x11’ survey vessel Fugro Enterprise has been a familiar sight to mariners during those years. During the effort, Fugro says, it “worked with Atlantic Shores to pioneer a new data collection and management approach that increased survey efficiency by 30%.”
That contributed to the recent federal approval of Atlantic Shores South, aiming for a turbine array with a nameplate rating of 2,800 megawatts. The developers, a joint venture of Shell New Energies US LLC and EDF-RE Offshore Development, LLC. Under the partners’ plan the first turbines off Long Beach Island and Brigantine, N.J., would be followed by building on other leases in deeper water farther east.
“Traditionally, offshore wind site assessments have required multiple independent campaigns to gather oceanographic, seabed, soil and habitat data,” according to a statement from Fugro. The company says it consolidated and streamlined the process into “a single, integrated program aligned with Atlantic Shores’ portfolio strategy.”
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