Fugro has been awarded a contract by ARGE R-M-L, a consortium comprising of Arcadis and ILF Beratende Ingenieure GmbH, to provide site investigation and consultancy services as part of the Rhein-Main-Link project. Rhein-Main-Link is a 600 km underground cable connection for transporting electricity from offshore wind farms in the North Sea to Germany’s Rhein-Main metropolitan region.
This high-performance cable route is a central element of Germany's energy transition strategy, and Fugro’s role is to support navigating the route’s geographical, sociological and technical challenges to maximise the cable’s performance and minimise its environmental impact.
As a key partner to 'ARGE R-M-L', Fugro will provide a broad portfolio of consultancy services including project management; route planning support and environmental permitting; geotechnical campaign planning, evaluation and modelling; hydrogeological consulting; and soil protection. Fugro's comprehensive services will cover 2 of the 10 planning approval sections of the 600 km route and provide the critical insights and Geo-data needed for the routing and design of the 525 kV HVDC transmission line.
'Our work on the Rhein-Main Link energy route is an exciting opportunity for Fugro to demonstrate our continued commitment to renewable energy projects,' said Christian Peter, Senior Project Manager at Fugro in Germany. 'Our capability of combining a broad, integrated set of top level consultancy services is unique on the German market and critical to the successful implementation of this ambitious project'.
Source: Fugro
