Royal Boskalis Westminster will use a biofuel blend when installing the export cable to the Borssele Alpha offshore wind farm off the Netherlands.
The work, which will be carried out on behalf of TenneT, will see Boskalis running its vessels on a biofuel blend of up to 30%.
Boskalis said that as of last week the large trailing suction hopper dredger Prins der Nederlanden is powered by a biofuel blend.
TenneT senior manager offshore Netherlands Marco Kuijpers said: “In addition to the safe, efficient and reliable transportation of electricity TenneT’s objectives include doing this in a sustainable way.
“To achieve this we take various measures to mitigate or offset the impact of our activities on the environment and we are working towards making our operations climate-neutral by 2025.
“And so we warmly applaud Boskalis’ initiative to use a biofuel blend to power its vessels. This results in an even more environmentally conscious approach to a sustainable project like the Borssele offshore grid.”
Using the biofuel blend is one aspect of the ‘Boskalis on Bio’ program, which the company recently signed a long-term partnership with biofuel supplier GoodFuels.
The initiative aims to achieve 35% reduction in the CO2 emitted by the Boskalis fleet and equipment in the Netherlands in the next five years.