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  • TenneT Seeking CAR Insurance for Dutch Offshore Wind Farms

    24 April 2020
    Contracts & Tenders

    TenneT TSO has issued a tender seeking Construction All Risk (CAR) insurance for the Hollandse Kust Noord and West Alpha offshore wind farms. The tender is divided into two lots, for a leading insurer and next insurer. The duration of the contract is four years. The deadline for submitting applications for the tender is 4 June. […]

  • Photos Reveal Damage to Offshore Substation Jacket Hit by Drifting Cargo Ship

    9 February 2022
    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 […]

  • Drydocks World Cuts Into HKZ Beta Steel

    28 May 2020
    Grid Connection

    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 […]

  • Petrofac Sends Off Hollandse Kust Zuid Beta Jacket

    24 May 2021
    Grid Connection

    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 […]

  • Hollandse Kust Zuid Export Cables In Place

    31 August 2021
    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, […]

  • Petrofac and TenneT Confirm HKZ Platform Beta Order

    27 June 2019
    Grid Connection

    Petrofac and TenneT have confirmed the award of the contract to build the Hollandse Kust Zuid (HKZ) offshore grid connection Beta HVAC substation in the Dutch North Sea. This follows the award of the contract for HKZ platform Alpha in July 2018 and subsequent confirmation of HKZ platform Beta option. A total of eight 700MW […]

  • Hollandse Kust West Alpha Offshore Substation Jacket Stands

    24 August 2022
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    DEME’s vessel Orion has completed the installation of the jacket foundation for Tennet’s Hollandse Kust West Alpha platform in the North Sea off the Dutch coast. The installation of the 2,300-tonne jacket began last week after the unit arrived at the offshore construction site from the Port of Vlissingen on 14 August, a few weeks […]

  • The Netherlands Designates Additional Areas to Build Cost-Effective Hollandse Kust OWFs

    9 December 2016
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    The Dutch government has designated two additional strips of sea area for offshore wind infrastructure to allow for the realisation of offshore wind projects at Hollandse Kust Zuid (1,400MW) and Hollandse Kust Noord (700MW). The aim of this move is to cut the offshore wind cost by enabling construction closer to the coast. Namely, the newly designated […]

  • Pioneering Spirit Installs HKZ Alpha Topside – Gallery

    28 December 2021
    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 […]

  • Hollandse Kust West Alpha OSS Jacket Ready for Installation

    14 July 2022
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Heerema Fabrication Group (HFG) has loaded out the jacket foundation for TenneT’s Hollandse Kust West Alpha offshore substation in the Port of Vlissingen and the structure is now ready for transport to its final location in the Dutch North Sea. The jacket, weighing more than 2,300 tonnes, was loaded out at HFG’s yard in Vlissingen […]

  • MTE Delivers for Hollandse Kust Zuid Beta

    20 November 2020
    Grid Connection

    Mech-Tool Engineering (MTE) has completed and delivered fire & blast walls for the Hollandse Kust Zuid (HKZ) Beta offshore substation to DryDocks World Ltd. The project was completed within budget and ahead of schedule, MTE said. MTE delivered fire & blast walls for the HKZ Alpha platform earlier this year. Drydocks World is responsible for the construction, […]

  • Eversendai Cuts HKZ Beta Jacket Foundation Steel

    9 June 2020
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Eversendai Offshore cut the first steel for the Hollandse Kust Zuid (HKZ) Beta offshore substation platform on 28 May. The United Arab Emirates-based company, and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Malaysia’s Eversendai Corporation Berhad, is in charge of manufacturing athe jacket foundation and accompanying piles for the platform to be installed at the Hollandse Kust Zuid […]

  • Jan De Nul Installs Cables for TenneT, Buys New Vessel

    28 November 2022
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Jan De Nul Group has completed the first part of the cable installation works to connect the wind farms Hollandse Kust (noord) and (west Alpha) to the Dutch mainland. The 220-kV high-voltage tests of both sea and land cables for Hollandse Kust (noord) were successfully completed as well, from the onshore substation to the substation […]

  • TenneT Issues Dutch Offshore Platform Contract Call

    14 September 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    Dutch offshore grid operator TenneT TSO B.V. has issued a call for competition for the construction, transport and installation of an offshore platform for a Hollandse Kust offshore wind zone.

  • Sleipnir Installs HKZ Alpha Jacket

    7 September 2020
    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 […]

  • TenneT Signs Up Siemens, Royal Smit Transformers for Dutch Offshore Grid

    8 November 2016
    Grid Connection

    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 […]

  • Yard Work Starts on Hollandse Kust West Alpha Topside

    15 March 2023
    Grid Connection

    The topside for the Hollandse Kust West Alpha offshore substation has now left the hall where initial construction works were being done and moved to a yard in Hoboken, Belgium, where the remaining work will continue before the platform is ready to be installed offshore the Netherlands. The offshore transformer platform is being constructed by […]

  • Export Cable Installation Resumes at Hollandse Kust Zuid

    4 August 2021
    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 […]

  • Smulders, Equans Start Building Hollandse Kust West Beta Topside, Sif to Deliver Jacket Piles

    12 December 2022
    Grid Connection

    Smulders and Equans, joined by TenneT, have cut the first steel for the topside of the Hollandse Kust West Beta offshore substation, one of the two substations that will connect the wind farms from the Hollandse Kust West area in the North Sea to the Dutch grid. The steel cutting ceremony took place at the […]

  • Fugro Completes UXO Project in Dutch North Sea

    25 February 2020
    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 […]

  • Van Oord Testing New Trencher Ahead of Dutch Offshore Wind Work

    9 March 2020
    Grid Connection, Technology

    Van Oord is conducting final tests with its Deep Dig-It trencher before the installation of cables at the Hollandse Kust (South) offshore wind farm zone. Van Oord is conducting final tests with the Tracked Remotely Operated Vehicle (TROV) in the Alexiahaven harbor, the Netherlands, in preparation for the actual installation of the sea cables in […]

  • Hollandse Kust (noord) Offshore Substation Jacket Stands

    12 November 2021
    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 […]

  • Certifying Authority Wanted for TenneT’s Platforms

    22 October 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    TenneT TSO has issued a tender seeking a certifying authority for the Hollandse Kust Noord, Hollandse Kust West Alpha and Hollandse Kust West Beta platforms. The tender concerns the certification of the three platforms, each comprising a 700MW AC offshore substation, primary for the execution phase of the project. TenneT said it has, in-house, developed a […]

  • TenneT to Start Tendering Process for Dutch Projects

    22 September 2015
    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 […]

  • Orion Starts Installing Hollandse Kust West Alpha Jacket

    16 August 2022
    Grid Connection, Vessels

    DEME’s vessel Orion has begun the installation of the jacket foundation for the Hollandse Kust West Alpha platform in the Dutch sector of the North Sea. The jacket set sail from the Port of Vlissingen to the offshore construction site on 14 August, a few weeks after the load out at the Heerema Fabrication Group […]

  • HKZ Alpha Jacket Readies For Sail-Out

    1 June 2020
    Grid Connection

    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 […]