Positive
Project advancing - milestone achieved
Medium Impact
Significant progress or notable issue
Year-precision projection — foundation installation likely to commence in 2031. Inferred from the 2032 first-power anchor stated by RVO via offshorewind.biz, 6 April 2026: "The wind farms are likely to start generating energy from 2032." Reasoning: foundations are the first major offshore execution element, typically installed 6-18 months before first power. The Gamma-A kavelbesluit Regulation 3.9 permits monopile, jacket, tripod, gravity-based or suction-bucket foundations, with 76 turbine positions configured (project.foundations[0].count = 76 monopiles per current DB enrichment). With first power anchored to 2032 and Dutch piling-season windows (typically excluding peak harbour-porpoise sensitivity periods), foundation installation will most plausibly run across 2031 into early 2032. No explicit foundation-installation date has been published for Gamma-A (developer not yet selected and detailed design not finalised); this is an inferred placeholder. Confidence is low-to-moderate (~0.45) — the specific year depends on the winning bidder's procurement, vessel availability, and selected foundation type.