FaunaGuard for Everybody

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Van Oord and Ace Aquatec have formed a strategic partnership whereby the FaunaGuard will be made available to all marine contractors and other interested parties. The FaunaGuard is an innovative acoustic device to protect marine fauna near marine construction activities.

Launching today, the FaunaGuard will be available for the rest of world. It can be used during all offshore activities such as rock installation, piling, drilling, blasting and large-scale dredging operations to safely and temporarily deter marine fauna species using specialised underwater acoustics. Until now it was only used by Van Oord on several projects, such as the Gemini Offshore Wind Park in the Dutch part of the North Sea. The porpoise module is the first module of the FaunaGuard that is now... ... More: Official Press Release Van Oord

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Van Oord, Ace Aquatec, FaunaGuard, marine, acoustic device, offshore, wind energy, Gemini Offshore Wind Farm, North Sea