Spectrum surveyors have been busy leading the kit-out of รrsted โs uncrewed surface vessel (USV) to provide survey support for Hornsea 3 construction – set to become the worldโs largest single offshore wind farm with a capacity of 2.9 GW.
The ร๐ณ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐น๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ will be controlled from an onshore remote operations centre, alongside a Spectrum team who will deliver high-resolution mapping of seafloor depths and morphology to support the installation phase of Hornsea 3โs foundations.
The project has attracted media interest, with Senior Surveyor Daniel Plewman briefing the BBC on the quayside shortly after the vessel launch.
Project Manager Adam Franks has been leading the mobilisation of the primary sensor – a KONGSBERG EM 2042 multibeam echosounder – on what he describes as โa novel and exciting project, demonstrating the progression and scalability of uncrewed survey solutions and remote operations.โ
Through the construction phase, Spectrum will continue to control data acquisition from our own remote operations centre in Lymington, Hampshire.