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Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update
UXOcontrol has completed the unexploded ordnance (UXO) identification and disposal campaign at the Hollandse Kust Zuid 3 and 4 offshore wind project in the Netherlands. The campaign, which ran from early February till July, saw a total of 1,350 targets investigated, with 19 being highlighted as UXOs for neutralisation. Work began with Noordhoek Pathfinder as […]
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Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update
DEME Group’s cable-laying vessel Living Stone has completed the installation of the export cables for the Hollandse Kust Zuid offshore wind project in the Netherlands. The cables will connect the HKZ Beta offshore platform to the Dutch mainland. In total, Living Stone installed two 34-kilometer export cables and an 8-kilometer interlink cable. According to DEME, […]
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Energy logistics provider Peterson is supporting the offshore installation of the two 700 MW transformer platforms for TenneT’s Hollandse Kust Zuid (HKZ) offshore grid connection under a logistics contract with Petrofac. HKZ Alpha, the first of the two offshore substations that will connect Vattenfall’s 1.5 GW Hollandse Kust Zuid offshore wind farm to the Dutch grid, was installed […]
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Jobs & Recruitment, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update
Atlas Professionals has started recruiting Troubleshooters and Service Technicians for Vattenfall’s Operations & Maintenance (O&M) team that will be taking care of the Hollandse Kust Zuid 1-4 offshore wind farms in the Netherlands. Since the transfer to the wind turbines will be carried out by crew transfer vessels (CTVs), Atlas is looking for professionals that […]
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Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update
Siemens Gamesa has started the serial production of the SG 11.0-200 DD wind turbines for the 1.5 GW Hollandse Kust Zuid offshore wind farm at its facilities in Cuxhaven, Germany. This is according to 8.2 Consulting AG, the company selected by Vattenfall, the developer of the project, to supervise the production of the 140 turbines […]
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Muehlhan Wind Service (MWS) has signed an EPC contract with Siemens Gamesa for mechanical and electrical pre-assembly work for the Hollandse Kust Zuid (HKZ) offshore wind farm in the Netherlands. The contract includes complete mechanical and electrical pre-assembly work for 140 Siemens Gamesa 11 MW wind turbines, including all crane and lifting operations as well […]
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Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update
Allianz Capital Partners, on behalf of Allianz Insurance Companies, has signed an agreement to purchase a 25.2 per cent stake in the 1.5 GW Hollandse Kust Zuid wind farm offshore the Netherlands from the chemicals producer BASF. This is the first offshore wind and first equity renewables investment of Allianz in the Netherlands, the global […]
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Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update
The onshore substation for the 1.5 GW Hollandse Kust Zuid (HKZ) offshore wind farm in the Netherlands has been fully built and put into operation. The 220kV/380kV transformer station, built by Volker Energy Solutions, together with TenneT, is located next to the Euromax terminal in Maasvlakte. Developed by Vattenfall, the wind farm will be connected […]
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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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Contracts & Tenders, Vessels, Wind Farm Update
Van Oord has selected Cadeler A/S to transport and install wind turbines at the 759 MW Hollandse Kust Noord project in the Dutch North Sea. Located approximately 18 kilometres off the west coast of the Netherlands, close to the town of Egmond aan Zee, the Hollandse Kust Noord wind farm will comprise 69 Siemens Gamesa […]
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Technology, Wind Farm Update
The first serially-manufactured SG 11.0-200 DD nacelle left the Siemens Gamesa factory hall in Cuxhaven on Friday, 14 January. The factory has been converted and upgraded for the new product generation over several months since the summer. Now serial production has started and the first turbine has been assembled. ”Rolling out the first serially-manufactured SG […]
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Ports & Logistics, Vessels, Wind Farm Update
34 out of the 140 monopile foundations were installed at the 1.5 GW Hollandse Kust Zuid wind farm offshore the Netherlands in the first installation campaign, falling short of the target set for 2021, Vattenfall said. The first offshore construction phase at the subsidy-free wind farm started in early July. The monopile foundations without transition […]
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Grid Connection, Technology, Vessels, Wind Farm Update
Van Oord’s underwater robot Deep Dig-It has returned to the Hollandse Kust Zuid wind farm to connect the HKZ Beta offshore platform to the mainland. TenneT is developing the Hollandse Kust Zuid offshore grid for the connection of the 1.5 GW wind farm. Four offshore cables will be buried in the North Sea bed. For […]
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Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update
German chemicals giant BASF has completed the purchase of 49.5 per cent of the Hollandse Kust Zuid offshore wind farm from Vattenfall, following the approval of all relevant authorities. The closing of the transaction, originally expected for the fourth quarter of 2021, was completed earlier than planned, BASF said. According to the agreement BASF and […]
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Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update
The first of two High Voltage Alternating Current (HVAC) offshore transformer station topsides that Petrofac is delivering for the Dutch-German transmission grid operator TenneT has left the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The 700 MW Alpha topside was built at Drydocks World’s fabrication facility in Dubai. It will form part of the Hollandse Kust Zuid (HKZ) […]
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Seaway 7 has installed the first of the 140 monopile foundations at the Hollandse Kust Zuid wind farm offshore the Netherlands. The 1.5 GW Hollandse Kust Zuid is the first subsidy-free offshore wind project to reach this stage of development. The wind farm will also be the largest in the world once fully commissioned by […]
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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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Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, Technology, Vessels
Dutch offshore access provider Ampelmann has signed 13 contracts in European offshore wind in the first half of 2021. With these contracts, the company enables the installation and maintenance of wind farms by providing motion compensated gangway solutions for both personnel and cargo transfer. ”Securing these projects has brought us new opportunities to deliver the […]
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Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update
Vattenfall has ordered 140 reusable monopile covers for the Hollandse Kust Zuid (HKZ) offshore wind farm from Theuws Polyester, which will work together with Composite Cover Manufacturing on the project. The first 40 covers are planned to be delivered this year and the remaining 100 in 2022. “The design of these monopile covers is innovative, […]
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Vos Prodect Innovations (VPI) has secured a contract with Twentsche Kabelfabriek (TKF) to supply cable hang-off systems for the Hollandse Kust Zuid offshore wind farm. Under the contract, VPI will engineer and deliver the low, 250-milimetre high, version of its cable hang-off system. The delivery will start this year. According to the company, this version enables […]
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Vattenfall has started the offshore construction of the 1.5 GW Hollandse Kust Zuid (HKZ) wind farm in the Netherlands. The first vessel transporting foundations to the construction site departed today (5 July) from Sif’s quay in Rotterdam, where the company is manufacturing 140 TP-less monopile foundations for the country’s (and the world’s) first subsidy-free offshore wind […]
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Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update
The Netherlands-based Twentsche Kabelfabriek (TKF) has secured a contract by Van Oord for the supply of inter-array cables for the Hollandse Kust Noord offshore wind project. TKF will manufacture and deliver 140 kilometers of 66 kV inter-array cables and associated accessories for the wind farm located approximately 18 kilometers from the Dutch coast, nearby Egmond […]
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Grid Connection, Vessels, Wind Farm Update
Heerema Marine Contractors’ heavy lift vessel Sleipnir has installed the second offshore substation jacket foundation at the Hollandse Kust Zuid wind farm offshore the Netherlands. Located 22 kilometres off the Netherlands coast, the 2,852-tonne jacket will support TenneT’s 700 MW Hollandse Kust Zuid Beta transformer platform which will be ready for use in 2022. Marco […]
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Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update
Vattenfall and BASF have agreed the sale of 49.5 per cent of Vattenfall’s Hollandse Kust Zuid (HKZ) offshore wind farm in the Netherlands. Once fully commissioned in 2023, HKZ will be the largest offshore wind farm in the world and also the first one ever to be built without subsidies for the power produced. Vattenfall […]
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Deutsche Windtechnik has signed service agreements for four offshore wind farms in the Netherlands during the first quarter of this year. The four new contracts are for inspection and maintenance of the Balance of Plant (BoP) at the Gemini, Prinses Amaliawindpark, Eneco Luchterduinen, and the Hollandse Kust Zuid offshore wind farms. The scope for Deutsche […]
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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 […]
