Site survey completed for 1400 MW Cenos floating offshore wind farm in Central North Sea

Rovco has completed all survey work on the site of the planned 1400 MW Cenos floating offshore wind farm located in the Central North Sea, Scotland, UK.

The geo-environmental survey, conducted on behalf of Flotation Energy and Vargronn, covered an area spanning approximately 333 sq km. This comprehensive survey was carried out by Rovco's newly established site characterization division, utilizing the Glomar Supporter, a multi-purpose DP2 survey vessel custom-reconfigured for the task. Rovco's scope of work encompassed acquiring geophysical and benthic data, supplying detailed information crucial for environmental impact assessment (EIA) consents and supporting engineering processes during the early front-end engineering and design (FEED) study. The geophysical aspect involved obtaining a multi-beam echo sounder, side-scan sonar, magnetometer, sub-bottom profiler, and multi-channel seismic data, along with subsequent analysis, processing, interpretation, and reporting.

Once completed, the Cenos wind farm aims to generate renewable electricity for both oil and gas platforms and the UK grid. The joint venture between Vargronn and Flotation Energy secured exclusivity from Crown Estate Scotland for the designated area, following its earlier award as part of Crown Estate Scotland's Innovation and Targeted Oil & Gas offshore leasing round.