This month, Dutch geo-data specialist Fugro will examine ground conditions beneath the seabed at the proposed sites of 100 turbines, along the inter-array cable routes, and at platform foundations using cone penetration tests (CPTs) and sampling boreholes. For this work, Fugro said it will mobilise multiple geotechnical vessels.

The contract builds on previous work Fugro has completed for the DBS offshore wind farm, including preliminary geophysical and geotechnical investigations, a shallow geotechnical survey on the export cable route, and a detailed geotechnical investigation of DBS West.