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Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update
Vattenfall has signed final contracts with Prysmian Powerlink S.r.l. and B.V. Twentsche Kabelfabriek (TKF) for the manufacturing and supply of the inter-array cable systems for the Hollandse Kust Zuid 1-4 offshore wind farm. The inter-array cable systems will connect approximately 140 Siemens Gamesa 11 MW wind turbines with two offshore high voltage stations in the […]
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Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection
Petrofac has won a contract by TenneT for the offshore grid connection at the Hollandse Kust Zuid wind farm zone.
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Bibby HydroMap has started an unexploded ordnance (UXO) survey of Vattenfall’s Hollandse Kust Zuid I & II wind sites in the Dutch North Sea. Following a competitive bid process, the UK-based seabed survey company was awarded the contract in early 2019. Using a multi-vessel approach, Bibby Tethra and Bibby Athena will together acquire over 4,000-line […]
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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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Vattenfall has selected the German technical services provider TÜV NORD to certify the Hollandse Kust (zuid) 1-4 offshore wind project in the Dutch North Sea. TÜV NORD will for the first time be carrying out project certification in accordance with the internationally recognised IECRE (International Electrotechnical Commission Renewable Energy) OD-502 scheme. “We’re delighted to be […]
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Vattenfall has been using a mock-up foundation installed at Sif’s Maasvlakte site earlier this year to gain better insight in what awaits its teams once the Hollandse Kust Zuid foundation installation starts in the summer of 2021. The 140 monopile foundations at Hollandse Kust Zuid will not have transition pieces (TPs), bringing the offshore works […]
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Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update
Statoil, the company behind the world’s first operational floating wind farm, has submitted a zero-subsidy bid at the Dutch offshore wind tender for Hollandse Kust Zuid I & II project in the North Sea.
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Vattenfall plans to start offshore construction on the largest, and also the first subsidy-free offshore wind farm in the world, in the spring of 2021. This is when the first foundations, produced by Sif Group, will be brought from the Maasvlakte in the Port of Rotterdam and installed at the 1.5 GW Hollandse Kust Zuid […]
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Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update
Vattenfall has commenced the initial physical preparatory works for the Hollandse Kust Zuid 1 & 2 offshore wind project in the Netherlands. The Swedish company has started setting up a project team and has performed the first studies necessary to properly estimate the activities involved in building the project. The actual offshore works and various […]
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Vattenfall has made the final investment decision for the zero-subsidy Hollandse Kust Zuid 1-4 wind farm project in the Dutch North Sea. The 1.5 GW Hollandse Kust Zuid will be the largest offshore wind farm in the Netherlands and in the world once fully operational in 2023. Vattenfall was awarded the contract to build Hollandse […]
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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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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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Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update
Dutch geo-consultancy Fugro has begun an area survey of the 700MW Hollandse Kust (Noord) wind farm zone in the Dutch part of the North Sea.
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Vattenfall has contracted Seaway 7, part of Subsea 7, for work on the Hollandse Kust Zuid 1&2 offshore wind project in the Netherlands. Seaway 7 is in charge of the transport and installation of 76 monopile foundations and the laying of the inter-array cables. The company has also been selected as one of the partners for […]
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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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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 […]
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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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Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection
Dutch transmission system operator TenneT TSO has invited certifying authorities to submit their bids for the certification for the execution phase of the Alpha and the Beta offshore substation projects in the Hollandse Kust (zuid) zone, and the pre-contract award phase of the Hollandse Kust (noord) project.
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Oleg Strashnov to Stay on Beatrice Until New Year Seaway Heavy Lifting’s (SHL) vessel Oleg Strashnov – which left the Beatrice site after installing the 24th jacket foundation in late September and returned to the job in November – has put the 25th jacket in place and thus officially resumed the works after more than […]
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Seaway 7 has signed a contract with MENCK for the provision of a hammer for the installation of monopile foundations at the Hollandse Kust Zuid 1-4 offshore wind farms in the Netherlands. MENCK, part of marine and subsea solutions group Acteon, will provide one of its MHU 3500S hydraulic hammers and spread for the project. […]
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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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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 […]
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Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update
The Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs has published the Ministerial Order for permitting offshore wind energy for the Hollandse Kust (zuid) sites I and II, stating that the application period will start on 15 December and close on 21 December 2017.
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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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Vessels, Wind Farm Update
Bibby HydroMap has taken the survey vessel SeaZip Fix on charter from Seazip Offshore Service. Rebuilt in 2015, the 42m DP1 Ice Class vessel will supplement the existing Bibby HydroMap fleet and will commence seismic survey operations on Hollandse Kust Zuid I & II in the Dutch North Sea on behalf of Vattenfall during July. […]
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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 […]
