DNV GL has been appointed to provide certification services for the Dutch offshore wind farm zones Hollandse Kust West and North of the Wadden Sea Islands.
DNV GL’s bid to Dutch enterprise agency RVO for the €386,565 contract was one of three submitted.
The contract will run until early 2024 and could be renewed for one further year.
DNV GL will carry out the certification of the various site studies that will be performed for the offshore wind farm zones for the two projects, which together total 2.1GW of capacity.
RVO issued the tender in October 2018.
A tender to develop the 1400MW Hollandse Kust West is expected by 2021 and by 2022 for the 700MW North of the Wadden Sea Islands project.
This month Fugro was awarded a contract to complete offshore geotechnical site investigations for Hollandse Kust West.
The company said it is preparing to begin a six month data gathering campaign at the site in April, which is 51km from shore.
Fugro’s work will include a seabed investigation and borehole drilling and the geodata outfit said it will use its vessel Fugro Scout to tackle the bulk of the fieldwork.
The data gathered will be used by developers preparing bids for the site.
“It’s very important that the Netherlands Enterprise Agency prepares the best possible package of site studies for future developers of this offshore wind farm,” RVO project manager Ruud de Bruijne said.