Fugro secures geotechnical site investigation contract for offshore wind farm in Taiwan

Fugro has been awarded a contract for the 700MW Youde offshore wind farm by Shinfox Energy in Taiwan’s round 3.2 offshore wind tender.

Under this contract, Fugro will deliver comprehensive geotechnical services to support the development of the Youde project, located off the west coast of Taiwan.

Fugro said the Youde offshore wind farm project is part of the Taiwanese Government's strategy to reach 13.1 GW of installed offshore wind capacity by 2030.

Fugro’s Taiwan-flagged, DP2 vessel Pacific Hornbill is equipped with an advanced C30 marine geotechnical drilling rig and Fugro’s proprietary specialist downhole in situ testing and sampling system. It also features specialised seabed geotechnical equipment, enabling the acquisition of high-quality geotechnical data in both seabed and downhole mode throughout the project.

Pacific Hornbill is managed by IOVTEC, a Taiwanese offshore wind integrated service company. The geotechnical fieldwork campaign has started and is expected to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2025.