Survey Other Complete

The metocean monitoring campaign for the Salamander floating offshore wind project off the northeast coast of Scotland has been completed with the retrieval of the floating LiDARs and wave buoy equipment. According to OffshoreWIND.biz, the joint venture developing Salamander – comprising Ørsted, Simply Blue Group, and Subsea7 – has brought the measurement devices back to shore, marking the formal conclusion of this dedicated metocean survey phase. The article reporting on the campaign’s completion is dated 22 January 2025, which is taken as the completion date for this survey milestone. The metocean campaign formed a key part of early site investigation for the proposed 100 MW floating wind farm, providing the developers with detailed meteorological and oceanographic data needed to refine the project’s design and engineering basis. Earlier updates from the same source describe how the campaign began with the deployment of floating SEAWATCH Wind LiDAR buoys and wave buoys in late 2023 under a contract with Fugro, with a planned monitoring period of around twelve months. Retrieval of these systems indicates that the full planned data collection window has been achieved and that the project now has a complete dataset covering seasonal conditions at the site. With this metocean survey now finished and equipment retrieved, the Salamander partnership can move forward to incorporate the measured wind, wave, and current conditions into detailed design work, supporting subsequent permitting, engineering, and procurement steps as the project progresses toward construction.