Luchterduinen Wind FarmTakes Part in 'Rich Sea Project'

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Today Van Oord installed, in cooperation with the North Sea Foundation, the Natuur & Milieu organisation and Eneco, reef balls and cages containing flat oysters within the Luchterduinen offshore wind farm, 23 kilometres west of the Dutch port city of IJmuiden. The “Rich North Sea” project will investigate how nature conservation and sustainable energy generation can reinforce one another.

Van Oord’s installation vessel Ham 602 took the reef structures out from IJmuiden and positioned them at a depth of approximately 20 metres within Eneco’s Luchterduinen wind farm. The artificial reef includes reef balls and cages containing adult oysters. The total area for this pilot project is 3 hectares (100×300m). Monitoring the... ... More: Official Press Release Van Oord

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Van Oord, oysters, artificial reef, North Sea, wind farm, offshore, nature, Luchterduinen