Fugro plans to utilize three vessels, namely Fugro Quest, Fugro Voyager, and Normand Mermaid, to assess the seabed conditions at the locations of each proposed turbine and platform foundation, as well as the related seabed infrastructure.
This is not the first time Fugro will carry out surveys at DBS sites. In 2022, the company performed surveys at the array sites and export cable routes of RWE and Masdar’s DBS East and DBS West.
Recently, the UK Planning Inspectorate accepted into the examination phase the Development Consent Order (DCO) application for the DBS Offshore Wind Farms. The acceptance of the DCO application moves the projects into the pre-examination phase, which will become subject to a public examination later in 2024.
Together, Dogger Bank South will have up to 200 turbines with a combined estimated capacity of 3 GW.