TWP's Geophysical Surveys for the Ayre and Bowdun Offshore Wind Farms

In late March 2023, Thistle Wind Partners (TWP) launched seabed surveys for its two ScotWind projects - the 1GW Ayre Offshore Wind Farm (a floating wind project to the east of Orkney) and the 1GW Bowdun Offshore Wind Farm (a fixed-foundation project off the coast of Aberdeenshire).
G-tec is leading the first phase of the work, which is the geophysical surveying of the seabed at both sites (leasing zones NE2 and E3), from March to October of this year. G-tec is supported by GAC UK’s Aberdeen and Orkney offices for vessel logistics, while Cathie (headquartered in Newcastle) is providing advisory services.
Over the next seven months, the survey vessel will cover an area of almost 400 km square, as it uses cutting-edge technology to collect data on the structure of the seabed at both project sites. G-tec technical experts will conduct advanced processing of the data, which will then feed into ground modelling studies from October onwards, while metocean surveys begin around the same time.