RWE Renewables has signed a contract with Fugro for the offshore site investigation and geophysical works at Dublin Array, in Ireland, and at North Falls and Five Estuaries in the southern North Sea.
This follows a successful working relationship between the two companies at Triton Knoll, Sofia and Awel y Mor offshore wind farms.
The agreement has shortened procurement lead times for projects and the volume of work has led to contract efficiencies, RWE Renewables said.
RWE Renewables global offshore wind chief operating officer Sven Utermohlen said: “We are really pleased to have completed this contract with expert company Fugro.
“RWE embarked on a transparent procurement process and Fugro offered the most economically advantageous proposal, identifying significant cost savings and programme synergies: and they have also demonstrated technical competence in previous projects.”
He added “RWE has a large pipeline of new offshore projects, with 2022 again forecast to be a busy survey season for our projects, where we expect to take a similar strategic approach to achieving synergies for our projects.
“Cross collaboration and learning across teams and projects underpin RWE’s ambitions to build on our position as one of the largest developers of offshore wind in the UK.”