Cefas to measure offshore weather and sea conditions for offshore wind farm developments

Major contract helps secure 12 jobs for three years

Vattenfall, the Swedish energy group, has contracted Lowestoft-based Centre for Environment Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas), to measure offshore weather and sea conditions for its offshore wind farm developments.  The contract secures work for 12 specialists, managers and vessel crew for three-years. Cefas employs 450 people in total at its Suffolk base.  Cefas’ specialist staff and technologies will explore the oceanographic processes which will be exerted on the turbine structures of Vattenfall’s Norfolk Vanguard offshore wind farms. Norfolk Vanguard will have a capacity of 1.8GW, capable every year of... ... More: Official Press Release Vattenfall

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Cefas, Vattenfall, developer, measurement, weather and sea