Floating wind farms in deep water out of sight of land could power four million homes, it's claimed.
The north Wales coast attracted one of the UK's first commercial offshore wind farms with the North Hoyle development two decades ago
"So much of what we're doing here today is helping to bring those benefits forward as fast as we can," he said."All of the farms that have been built so far are in shallow water, but now we're running out of shallow water. "So we need to move into deeper waters and these floating turbines will float on structures like mini oil rigs, made of steel or concrete which are anchored to the seabed.The Crown Estate, which owns the seabed around the UK, plans to lease the space to private companies to create the wind farms, and the data gathered by the marine survey will help inform the developers.They need permission from the Crown Estate to build the wind farms and normally would conduct the surveys.
The survey boat, which has a crew of 30, will spend about 100 days at sea, using specialist equipment to gather geophysical data.Gerard Ferreira, from Fugro UK which specialises in geophysical data, explained how soundwave sensors can determine things like the types of sediment on and beneath the seabed.
He said its survey report would be "vital for our clients so they know how best to develop" any project.
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