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Sign upMarch 1, 2021
De Rijke Noordzee
The Hague
Part of the offshore wind challenge in the Netherlands which includes a consortium of wind farm developers and contractors including Blauwwind, Tennet, Van Oord and various research organisations. Location - North Sea Innovation Lab, The Hague, Holland, Europe Pilot - 2 Formations of varying sized Reef Cubes®, deployed in March 2021, that will be lifted to the surface each year for 5 years and each time have the biodiversity, abundance and biomass analysed. The units were designed for blue mussel settlement and for egg laying by cephalopods and sharks. The impact of the project is to pioneer the use of nature inclusively designed low carbon footprint structures around offshore wind farms for deliberate habitat enhancement. This has helped highlight current legislation, logistical and licensing challenges which are now being addressed to pave the wave for massive projects at scale being planned for the future.
The marine impact is being independently monitored and published throughout the project to provide evidence-based insights for future wind farm planning and successful co-location with other industries. Marine impact KPIs will cover biodiversity, population sizes, and juvenile survival rates using techniques like ROVs and e-DNA sampling. Potential negative effects, such as the spread of non-native species, are also being assessed.
Reef Cubes® (RCs) are versatile cube-like marine structures that protect subsea and coastal assets, or can be used as moorings, but also intentionally benefit nature by providing hard substrate and habitat complexity. They are made from 98% recycled materials using an innovate marine non-toxic binder (Marinecrete), and have a 90% lower carbon footprint than traditional Portland cement based alternatives. They are proven to enrich biodiversity and abundance due to their size, shape, surface pH, complexity and internal chambers, which rapidly become colonised and used as spawning and nursery grounds. Every marine project can now leave a positive marine legacy by switching from Portland cement-based products to low carbon footprint Marinecrete technology that contains zero plastics, and they are designed to be left in-situ forever, removing high decommissioning cost risks. RCs have the potential to reduce the life cycle cost of subsea mattress cable protection by upto 50%.
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