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Cadeler has purchased the latest-generation Liebherr Ram Luffing Offshore Crane for its O-class wind farm installation vessel (WFIV) Wind Osprey. The acquisition is part of the company’s upgrade initiatives through which by early 2024, its O-class vessels will be ready to support the next generation of wind turbines. According to Liebherr, its RL 2600 deck […]
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A rudderless cargo ship is drifting around the Hollandse Kust Zuid offshore wind farm in the Dutch North Sea following a collision with an oil and chemicals tanker in heavy seas in the anchorage area near IJmuiden on Monday, 31 January, the Dutch Coastguard said. In one of its most recent updates on the incident, […]
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Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update
The topside of the Hollandse Kust Zuid (HKZ) Beta offshore substation has been installed on its jacket foundation in the Dutch North Sea, TenneT said. The HKZ Beta topside was loaded from the transport vessel onto Allseas’ platform installation vessel Pioneering Spirit in the Alexiahaven. The Pioneering Spirit then sailed to the installation site and, […]
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Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection
Van Oord-Cablel Hellenic Cables consortium has awarded First Subsea with a contract to supply a cable protection system (CPS) for the Hollandse Kust (zuid) export cables, and a cross over protection for TenneT’s Net op zee Hollandse Kust (zuid). Under the contract, First Subsea will engineer, test, and supply a CPS for the protection of […]
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Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update
Transmission system operator TenneT has shared photos showing the damage done to the jacket foundation of the Hollandse Kust Zuid Beta offshore substation following a collision with an out-of-control cargo ship Julietta D during Storm Corrie. As reported, the bulk carrier Julietta D drifted for hours in the Hollandse Kust Zuid wind farm offshore the […]
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Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update
The second offshore transformer station topside for the grid connection of the 1.5 GW Hollandse Kust Zuid offshore wind project has set sail from the Drydocks World Dubai’s fabrication facility in the United Arab Emirates. In charge of the weighing, transport and load-out of the 700 MW, 3,950-tonne Hollandse Kust Zuid Beta topside is the […]
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Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update
The installation of the Hollandse Kust Zuid Beta offshore substation topside will not be affected by the damage the substation’s jacket foundation suffered in a recent collision with a cargo ship, TenneT said. As reported, the cargo ship Julietta D collided with the substation jacket and a turbine foundation at the Hollandse Kust Zuid wind […]
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Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection
DNV GL has been contracted by Transmission System Operator TenneT to deliver the complete project certification for two offshore substations (OSS) for the Hollandse Kust Zuid offshore wind farms in the Dutch North Sea.
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The project team working on the jacket foundation for the Hollandse Kust Zuid Alpha offshore substation has completed all the major lifts for the jacket, Petrofac said. The jacket is now getting ready to depart the United Arab Emirates and head to the Dutch North Sea. In September 2019, Eversendai Offshore cut the first steel […]
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Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection
Transmission system operator (TSO) Tennet has developed a procurement strategy aiming to involve all future suppliers in connecting future Dutch offshore wind farms to the grid. Under the document, the companies will be able to qualify to take part in future tenders for five wind connection projects offshore Dutch coast. The strategy is based upon […]
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Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection
Mech-Tool Engineering (MTE) has won a contract from DryDocks World to provide fire and blast solutions for the Hollandse Kust Zuid Beta offshore substation. The contract award follows MTE completing a similar contract for the Hollandse Kust Zuid Alpha offshore platform. Under the contract, MTE designed, engineered, fabricated, and supplied its A0 fire-rated and Non-Rated […]
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Grid Connection, Vessels, Wind Farm Update
The topside of the Hollandse Kust (zuid) Alpha (HKZ Alpha) offshore substation has been installed on its jacket foundation in the Dutch North Sea, some 20 kilometres off the coast of The Hague. HKZ Alpha is one of the two 700 MW offshore substations that TenneT ordered at Petrofac and that will connect the 1.5 […]
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Eversendai Offshore has cut the first steel for the jacket foundation destined for the Alpha platform at the Hollandse Kust Zuid offshore wind farm zone in the Netherlands. The wholly-owned subsidiary of Eversendai Corporation Berhad is in charge of the engineering and fabrication of the six-legged jacket at its fabrication yard in RAK Maritime City, Ras Al Khaimah in […]
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After a day of adventure on the high seas off the Dutch coast, which included hitting a foundation of an offshore wind farm substation, the rudderless cargo vessel Julietta D has been salvaged by Boskalis, the company reported on 1 February, saying the out-of-control ship is now being towed to the Port of Rotterdam. The […]
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Grid Connection, Vessels, Wind Farm Update
Heerema Marine Contractors’ semi-submersible crane vessel Sleipnir has installed the six-legged jacket foundation for TenneT’s Hollandse Kust Zuid Alpha offshore substation. Sleipnir transported the jacket to the installation site in the Dutch North Sea and lowered it into position over the weekend. Built by Eversendai Offshore, the jacket foundation will support the 700 MW topside […]
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DryDocks World has awarded Mech-Tool Engineering (MTE) with a contract to deliver fire and blast solutions to the Hollandse Kust Zuid Alpha project. MTE will design, engineer, fabricate, and supply its A0 fire-rated and Non-Rated (NR) external and internal profiled wall panels for the offshore platform. MTE has recently started the fabrication of the walls […]
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Dubai-based Drydocks World has held a steel-cutting ceremony for the Hollandse Kust Zuid Beta offshore substation topside. This is the third topside that Drydocks World will be constructing for Petrofac and end-client TenneT, and the second project for the Hollandse Kust Zuid zone. The 700 MW High Voltage Alternating Current (HVAC) platform will, together with […]
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Drydocks World has signed a contract with Petrofac and end-client TenneT to construct the topside for the Alpha platform at the Hollandse Kust Zuid offshore wind farm zone. Drydocks will provide production engineering, construction, mechanical completion, pre-commissioning, commissioning assistance, load-out, sea fastening and HVAC (EPC) for the 700MW topside. This is the first time such a […]
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The export cables for TenneT’s Hollandse Kust Zuid grid connection have been sent off from Greece to the Netherlands, according to the Dutch cable logistics company WIND, which handled the load-out. The company has been hired by Van Oord to provide subsea cable logistics for the grid connection project, for which Van Oord has been […]
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TenneT has signed framework agreements with Royal Smit Transformers and Siemens for the delivery of components for the Dutch offshore grid in the North Sea. Under the contracts, Royal Smit Transformers will supply reactive current compensation coils for the transformer station on land and Siemens will deliver reactive current compensation coils for the offshore transformer station as well […]
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Petrofac has completed the load out and sail away of the jacket foundation for the Hollandse Kust Zuid (HKZ) Beta platfrom. “Well done to everyone involved. The jacket is now heading to its final destination in the North Sea, where it will then be lifted and positioned in a water depth of approximately 21 metres […]
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Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update
The topside for the Hollandse Kust Zuid Beta offshore substation has been loaded onto a vessel at Drydocks World Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. The topside is expected to start its journey to the Dutch North Sea shortly, TenneT, the platform’s owner and operator, said. Mammoet was in charge of loading the topside onto […]
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Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update
Grid operator TenneT and wind farm developer Vattenfall have signed agreements for the offshore grid connection for the Hollandse Kust Zuid I and II wind farms in the Dutch North Sea. The agreements relate to the realisation of the connection and the transmission of electricity between Vattenfall’s wind farm and the TenneT Hollandse Kust Zuid Alpha offshore […]
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Grid Connection, Vessels, Wind Farm Update
Boskalis has completed the transport of the Hollandse Kust Zuid (HKZ) Beta substation topside from Dubai to Rotterdam using its semi-submersible heavy transport vessel Mighty Servant 3. The HKZ Beta topside is scheduled to be installed in the Hollandse Kust Zuid wind farm zone in the Dutch North Sea in the coming days. According to […]
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Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update
The jacket foundation for the Hollandse Kust (noord) offshore substation has been installed off the northern coast of the Netherlands, TenneT said. The topside for this 700 MW offshore substation is scheduled to be installed in May 2022, the transmission system operator said. After departing from the port of Vlissingen, the jacket arrived at its […]
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Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update
Fugro has completed a marine unexploded ordnance (UXO) risk mitigation project for TenneT as part of the construction of the Hollandse Kust (zuid) offshore wind farm. The 13-month project involved surveying the cable route for explosive remnants of war (ERW), including munitions dumped at sea after conflict, and investigating potential targets. TenneT received their final […]
