Van Oord

Van Oord was engaged by Ørsted and ATP to support their bid for Denmark’s North Sea Energy Island, a proposed artificial island and offshore hub intended to connect surrounding offshore wind farms and export electricity to Denmark and neighbouring markets. The engagement was disclosed as part of the Ørsted-ATP consortium assembling specialist industrial construction partners ahead of the planned tendering process. Van Oord’s role was positioned around marine contracting expertise relevant to building and delivering artificial island infrastructure and associated offshore works. The company’s described capabilities included dredging and land reclamation experience and offshore wind construction track record, which are directly applicable to the heavy marine construction activities typically required to create and stabilise an offshore island structure and associated protection works. This engagement supported the consortium during the bid-stage development of an island solution, including construction approach development and execution planning, with the aim of underpinning Ørsted and ATP’s proposal for delivering the North Sea Energy Island project. The information provided reflected consortium preparation and capability alignment rather than a final project construction award.