During the summer, Vattenfall will be searching for bombs and mines in the North Sea in the areas where the seabed will be laid for the offshore wind farms Vesterhav Syd and Nord.
An underwater robot will investigate deviations that have previously been observed on the seabed to ensure that there are no bombs or mines from the First or Second World War.
- Our experience shows that there may be unexploded bombs or mines from the First and Second World War hidden in mud and seaweed on the seabed, and we need to remove them. We estimate that there is approximately a 50/50 probability that we will find bombs or mines that need to be detonated, says Rasmus Juncher, Senior Geophysicist at Vattenfall.
The scanning of the seabed is carried out in close cooperation with the Danish Navy's Mine Countermeasures Service, which participates throughout the inspection. Should bombs or mines be found, they must be detonated, which will be done under controlled conditions with the Mines Service in the lead.
There has been some controversy about the offshore wind farms Vesterhav Syd and Nord, as several summer homeowners believed that the farms were located too close to the coast and thus spoiled the view.
In 2020, Vattenfall therefore presented a new design for the farms, where the turbines were moved as far from the coast as possible. The two wind farms will have a total capacity of 350 MW.
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