General – UXO
G-tec, based in Liege, Belgium, has been awarded a contract to perform Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) detection along the theoretical AO5 export cable route in France.
Performed on behalf of RTE, the theoretical AO5 corridor is part of an offshore wind farm development area in South Brittany. This offshore wind farm is set to be the first large-scale (250MW) floating offshore wind project in France.
G-tec experts obtain high quality data and implement advanced workflows to discriminate potential targets and minimise the number of false positives. with the goal of de-risking the cable project, which in turn, avoids planning and budget overruns.
The company will assess the UXO density along the theoretical corridor and provide geophysical data to the Department of Underwater Archaeological Research (DRASSM) for submarine archaeological assessment of the area, as well as bathymetry data.
Deploying two specialised vessels for the shallow water area and offshore research, operations have started in June.
