Fugro secures two-year environmental monitoring contract with EirGrid for Ireland’s offshore wind buildout
Type: Supply Agreement · Technology: Offshore Wind · Country: Ireland · Capacity: 900 MW · Announced: 2026-06-01
Fugro secured a two-year environmental services contract with Irish transmission system operator EirGrid to provide long-term marine mammal monitoring along Ireland’s south coast in support of offshore wind development plans. The work forms part of EirGrid’s Powering Up Offshore – South Coast programme, which aims to deliver the electricity infrastructure needed to connect future offshore wind farms to the national grid. Once completed, the programme is expected to connect about 900 MW of renewable generation capacity, enough to power nearly one million homes. Under the contract, Fugro will deploy and maintain a network of eight static seabed monitoring units equipped with underwater acoustic sensors designed to detect and record the presence and activity of cetaceans, including whales, dolphins and porpoises. The project will also mark the first commercial deployment of Fugro’s purpose-built mooring system.
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