OCEAN WAKES STUDY (#109)

Offshore wind mariner update NO. 109

STATUS: Active

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (WHOI), Rutgers University, and Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon Institute  will be conducting an observational physical oceanographic study within the Vineyard Wind 1 Wind Development Area (WDA) as part of Project Ocean W’aKEs to identify the influence of wind turbine foundations on water column stratification. The study will involve the use of two autonomous underwater vehicles (AUV), bottom mounted AD2CP, and a subsurface wirewalker mooring system. Equipment will be deployed on or around the week of Aug 21st  by the TENACIOUS II. They will be located within the WDA, focusing primarily within a 300m radius of AT37. The AUVs will operate between 5-7m above the sea floor and will surface occasionally 1-2 NM South of AT37. The AUVs will also conduct a mission around the WDA undulating to similar depths and surfacing occasionally. 

Standing by on VHF channel 16

DATES(S): Deployment: August 21st; Recovery mid-September. Moorings will remain in place until mid-October.

LOCATION(S): Wind Development Area, with a focus on AT37. See Chart Below

VESSELS:

TENACIOUS II

Flag: USA
Length: 42’
MMSI #: 367400280

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VINEYARD WIND

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Travis Lowery, Fisheries Liaison, Cell: 508-728-4529 • Email: tlowery@vineyardwind.com

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