UXOcontrol has been appointed by Vattenfall as specialist contractor to complete the marine unexploded ordnance (UXO) identification campaign for the developer’s 1500MW Hollandse Kust Zuid offshore wind project.
The works for Hollandse Kust Zuid, which consists of four different sites, will be executed in two campaigns.
In 2020 UXO identification will be performed at sites one and two and at sites three and four in 2021.
The entire campaign will require 40 of UXOcontrol’s offshore personnel, in addition to six of its onshore experts.
Following geophysical UXO survey work, the identification campaign is scheduled to commence by the end of this month, with the mobilisation of UXOcontrol‘s identification vessel, Geoholm.
The vessel will conduct UXO identification works for an estimated 14 week period.
The Hollandse Kust Zuid wind farm zone will cover an area of 225 square km in water depths ranging from 18.1 metres to 27.8 metres.
The wind farms are located between 18-36 km off the coast of the Netherlands.
Earlier this year Fugro completed a marine UXO cable route survey for grid operator Tennet as part of Hollandse Kust Zuid.