Dwelling Wind Farms Geotechnical investigations to soon originate at Caledonia offshore wind farm design
April 27, 2026,
by
Adrijana Buljan
Fugro is decided to initiate a geotechnical explore advertising and marketing and marketing campaign at the Caledonia offshore wind mission design in Could also impartial, following earlier geophysical investigations.
In step with a Survey to Mariners, the predominant explore vessel is anticipated on design no earlier than Could also impartial 9, with a 2nd vessel scheduled to draw from Could also impartial 12. The offshore works are deliberate to urge except roughly August 19, 2026.
The advertising and marketing and marketing campaign will consist of downhole cone penetration assessments (CPT), seismic CPT, PS logging and borehole sampling, offering data to toughen the detailed acquire and positioning of wind mills. Fugro will undertake the downhole CPT, seismic CPT and PS logging operations the exercise of the vessel RS Alegranza, while the borehole sampling shall be performed the exercise of Fugro Synergy.
The geotechnical works apply a latest geophysical explore advertising and marketing and marketing campaign at the placement, which started in February.
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The Caledonia mission covers an assign of around 429 square kilometers off the Scottish fly within the Outer Moray Firth, with its northern boundary roughly 22 kilometers from Wick and the southern extent about 38 kilometers from Banff.
The offshore wind farm is divided into two sites, Caledonia North and Caledonia South, every with a deliberate installed skill of 900 MW to 1,100 MW.
Ocean Winds, a 50-50 joint challenge between EDP Renewables and ENGIE, won the constructing rights within the ScotWind auction in 2022 and the next 365 days announced plans to construct out the Caledonia offshore wind farm to an installed generation skill of 2 GW.
