{"id":105933,"date":"2023-11-02T16:11:49","date_gmt":"2023-11-02T16:11:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/?p=105933"},"modified":"2024-03-05T15:12:28","modified_gmt":"2024-03-05T15:12:28","slug":"industry-leading-data-sharing-partnership-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/news\/industry-leading-data-sharing-partnership-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"Industry-leading data sharing partnership announced"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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BGS has forged a partnership with Ossian \u2014 which will be one of the world\u2019s largest floating wind farms on completion \u2014 to share valuable data that will support BGS\u2019s work to understand earth and environmental processes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The agreement means that BGS will be provided with information Ossian\u2019s geophysical surveys, which will examine the seabed around its 858 km2<\/sup> site. Once completely covered by ice, the site is now around 72 m below sea level and is situated 84 km off the east coast of Scotland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The data will allow scientists to understand more about the seabed\u2019s composition and subsurface structure, and how these have changed over time due to environmental changes and challenges. The partnership will provide BGS with data that will advance its knowledge and understanding of the rock and soil units under the seabed and update its baseline data for the region and benefit the offshore industry as a whole.<\/p>\n\n\n\t\t\t

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At BGS, we rely heavily on these sorts of collaborations to update our understanding of regional stratigraphy across sites, which can then be fed into publicly available datasets, reports and papers for all users of the seabed (and subsurface) to access in the future.<\/p>\n

Data and scientific collaborations are essential for updating state-of-the-art knowledge and understanding of ground conditions for all to use in relation to future developments. This is a truly fantastic collaboration between BGS and Ossian Wind Farm, and BGS is very grateful to the joint venture for seeing the potential in this project.<\/p>\n

Gareth Carter, BGS Marine Geoscientist.<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\n\n\n

BGS has worked with Ossian joint venture partner SSE Renewables on data sharing initiatives for more than a decade. <\/p>\n\n\n

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