Geowynd

Geowynd supported the development of a fully Integrated Ground Model (IGM) for the Doordewind offshore wind farm zone as a collaboration partner working with Fraunhofer IWES under a contract awarded by the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO). The Doordewind wind farm zone comprises multiple planned 2 GW sites, including Doordewind II, and the IGM programme is intended to provide a consistent and high-quality technical basis for early engineering and tender preparation. The IGM scope focuses on combining, interpreting, and structuring available site-characterisation datasets into a coherent ground model. This type of model is used to inform subsequent development steps, such as planning targeted geotechnical investigations and supporting engineering design decisions for offshore wind farms, including the evaluation of seabed conditions relevant to foundation selection and cable-route development. The engagement was reported in March 2025 as part of RVO’s broader effort to derisk future Dutch offshore wind tenders by commissioning and publishing pre-competitive data packages. Geowynd’s participation formed part of the development-stage engineering consultancy effort to ensure that the integrated model is technically sound and usable for permit-tender participants preparing designs and commercial strategies for Doordewind II and other Doordewind sites.