{"id":278089,"date":"2025-07-15T12:01:34","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T16:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/noticias\/fugro-and-eirgrid-to-power-offshore-grid-in-ireland\/"},"modified":"2025-07-15T14:31:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T18:31:15","slug":"fugro-and-eirgrid-to-power-offshore-grid-in-ireland","status":"publish","type":"noticias","link":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/news\/fugro-and-eirgrid-to-power-offshore-grid-in-ireland\/","title":{"rendered":"Fugro and EirGrid to power offshore grid in Ireland"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Fugro has entered into a seven-year framework agreement with EirGrid, the state-owned electricity transmission operator, to advance the Powering Up Offshore – South Coast project. This initiative will facilitate the connection of future wind farms<\/a><\/strong> off the south coast of Ireland to the national power grid through modern offshore power substations and carefully considered cable routes. <\/p>\n\n

Seabed data for EirGrid<\/h2>\n\n

In detail, Fugro will deploy a comprehensive package of geotechnical, environmental<\/a><\/strong>environmental and geophysical studies, accompanied by desktop studies. This work will generate a detailed earth model that will provide EirGrid with accurate information on subsurface conditions, crucial to optimize the installation of energy infrastructure and protect the marine ecosystem. <\/p>\n\n

On the other hand, operations will commence in July 2025, starting with geophysical and environmental<\/a><\/strong> and environmental studies. All geographic data will be delivered through VirGeo, a digital platform that allows secure, real-time access to key project information. Powering Up Offshore – South Coast<\/a><\/strong>project, fostering collaboration among all stakeholders. <\/p>\n\n

Specialized resources for marine areas<\/h2>\n\n

It is important to note that the area of operations covers land, intertidal, coastal and maritime areas<\/strong>, which requires specialized resources. The company will use vessels such as the Fugro Seeker and the Kommander Iona, as well as self-elevating barges for work in shallow waters. shallow water<\/a><\/strong>. It will also rely on the support of local Irish suppliers for tasks such as meteocean data collection and aerial drone surveys. aerial surveys with drones<\/a><\/strong>thus enriching its geospatial analysis. <\/p>\n\n

It should be recalled that this collaboration directly supports the Irish Government’s climate action plan, which aims to source<\/strong> at least 80% of electricity capacity from renewable sources<\/strong>, including 5 GW of offshore wind power. The robust infrastructure that will be developed through this agreement is essential for the integration of offshore energy into the national electricity system. <\/p>\n\n

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Fugro will start operations in July 2025 using specialized vessels and drones to analyze terrestrial, intertidal, coastal and offshore areas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9014,"featured_media":278064,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categoria_noticias":[13026,13048],"etiqueta_noticias":[],"class_list":["post-278089","noticias","type-noticias","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categoria_noticias-energy","categoria_noticias-maritime"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias\/278089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/noticias"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9014"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=278089"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias\/278089\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/278064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"categoria_noticias","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categoria_noticias?post=278089"},{"taxonomy":"etiqueta_noticias","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/etiqueta_noticias?post=278089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}