Fugro has won two survey contracts for the development of the Dutch Nederwiek wind farm sites II and III.
The contracts, awarded by the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO), are part of the Dutch Government’s roadmap, which aims to accelerate the development of offshore wind in the country. Once completed, the wind farms will deliver a total installed capacity of approximately 4 GW.
The contracts cover a total area of 600 km2 and involve the collection of comprehensive seabed and subsurface geo-data which will be used by developers as input for preliminary engineering design studies and future tenders, and will also be available for power cable design, archaeology and marine biology investigations.
Fieldwork is scheduled to start in February 2024 and will be conducted using Fugro’s specialised fleet of advanced geotechnical vessels for seabed testing and downhole drilling. In addition to this, onboard laboratory capacity will be increased to ensure faster processing of results. The subsequent extensive laboratory testing will take place in Fugro’s laboratories in the UK and Belgium.
