Borssele 1&2 offshore wind farm gets innovative and scalable oyster structures
30 October 2024 – Ørsted and Van Oord’s initiative Ocean Health, have installed innovative Droppable Oyster Structures in the Borssele 1&2 offshore wind farm. Droppable Oyster Structures are easily portable reef structures that have adult oysters attached to them. These oysters reproduce by producing larvae, which will then colonise and ultimately form oyster reefs in the wind farm. The new installation method is an easy and affordable way to introduce oysters on a large scale, thus contributing to biodiversity in offshore wind farms. Installation of these oyster structures marks an important milestone in Ørsted’s and Van Oord’s mission to restore the oyster population in the North Sea.
