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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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ENGIE Fabricom and Iemants have started engineering work on the Hollandse Kust Noord (HKN) offshore transformer station, with construction work for the topside and the jacket scheduled to start in October. As previously reported, TenneT TSO selected the ENGIE Fabricom – Iemants joint venture to construct the offshore substation for the Hollandse Kust Noord wind […]
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Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) is looking for companies which will perform a study on guidelines for new obstacle-free zones for helicopter flights to oil and gas platforms in the vicinity of future offshore wind farms. The study is needed to ensure safe flight operations and an efficient use of the available areas for offshore wind farms. The Dutch government […]
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Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update
The CrossWind consortium of Shell and Eneco has awarded Fugro with a contract to deliver geotechnical site investigation solutions for the Hollandse Kust (noord) offshore wind farm. The site investigation solutions will comprise an unexploded ordnance (UXO) site clearance survey followed by a seabed cone penetration test (CPT) investigation. After clearing the sites with the […]
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Contracts & Tenders, Jobs & Recruitment, Wind Farm Update
Atlas Professionals has won the contract to supply quality management personnel for the Hollandse Kust Noord (HKN) offshore wind farm in the Dutch North Sea. The recruitment and HR service provider will supply Quality Management and Inspection Personnel covering seabed survey, fabrication, assembly, installation, and commissioning for the next three years. The 759 MW HKN […]
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TenneT and the joint venture of ENGIE Solutions and Iemants have cut the first steel for the Hollandse Kust (west Alpha) offshore transformer station topside. The joint venture partners and TenneT officially kicked off the steel fabrication for the Hollandse Kust (west Alpha) topside at the Smulders’ facility in Hoboken, Belgium. Smulders is the parent […]
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Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update
Dutch transmission system operator TenneT has invited tenders for provision and installation of high voltage alternating current (HVAC) cables that will connect the three offshore substations at the 1.4GW Hollandse Kust (zuid) and the 700MW Hollandse Kust (noord) offshore wind farm zones to the mainland grid.
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Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) have invited tenders for geotechnical investigations at the Hollandse Kust Noord Wind Farm Zone (HKNWFZ).
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Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update
The construction of the 759 MW Hollandse Kust Noord (HKN) offshore wind farm has commenced with the first monopile installed at the site some 18.5 kilometres off the coast of Egmond aan Zee in the Netherlands. The HKN’s monopiles will be installed by Van Oord for which the company was awarded a contract in 2020. […]
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Shell, Eneco, CrossWind, Siemens Gamesa, TU Delft, and GROW Foundation have started the work on the Dynamic Wind Farm Flow Control project. This project, focussed on reducing the wake effect by using real-time data, is one of CrossWind’s five innovations expected to contribute to a more constant electricity production at the 759 MW Hollandse Kust […]
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The CrossWind consortium has opted for Siemens Gamesa’s SG 11.0-200 DD wind turbines for the 759 MW Hollandse Kust (noord) wind farm in the Dutch North Sea. According to the winning bid submitted by the consortium of Shell and Eneco, the wind farm will feature 69 Siemens Gamesa wind turbines, the Dutch government said. Each […]
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Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update
Amazon has signed an agreement with Shell Energy Europe to offtake renewable power from the subsidy-free Hollandse Kust Noord offshore wind farm being constructed in the Netherlands. Starting in 2024, Amazon will offtake a total of 380 MW from the wind farm, 250 MW from Shell and 130 MW from Eneco. According to Shell, this […]
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Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection
TenneT has awarded RPS Energy Ltd with a contract to provide unexploded ordnance (UXO) consultancy services covering zones in the Dutch North Sea identified in the Offshore Wind Energy Roadmap 2030. The tender covers six offshore wind zones, the 700MW Hollandse Kust Noord, the 700MW Hollandse Kust (west) Alpha, the 700MW Hollandse Kust (west) Beta, […]
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Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update
UK-based Rovco has signed a contract with Van Oord to carry out subsea investigation works on the 759 MW Hollandse Kust Noord offshore wind farm in the Dutch Sea. Under the contract, Rovco will perform unexploded ordnance (UXO) investigation and identification campaign, as well as survey work across nominated locations on the offshore wind farm […]
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Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update
A consortium consisting of Oldbaum Services, Pondera Consult, Whiffle and Deltares will support the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO.nl) by conducting a Wind Resource Assessment (WRA) for the Hollandse Kust (noord) (HKN) wind farm zone.
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Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update
Sif Group has completed the first two of the 70 monopiles to be manufactured for CrossWind’s 759 MW Hollandse Kust Noord offshore wind farm in the Netherlands. With a combined weight of 64,356 tonnes, the 70 monopiles are designed in such a manner that they do not require transition pieces. The design is said to […]
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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 […]
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The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) has contracted BLIX, a Utrecht-based consultancy company, to support soil investigation at the IJmuiden Ver Wind Farm Zone. The company will supervise the soil investigation works for the 4 GW wind farm zone and, together with Reynolds International, RPS Group and Wind Support, obtain offshore soil data. The consultancy and […]
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Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update
Ørsted has revealed its plans to submit a bid in the 760 MW Holland Coast North (Hollandse Kust (Noord)) tender in the Netherlands. The zero-subsidy round of the tender started on 2 April and will close on 30 April. “The Netherlands has ambitious climate targets for both the energy and industrial sectors and is an […]
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R&D, Technology, Wind Farm Update
The 759 MW Hollandse Kust (noord) offshore wind farm will include five technology demonstrations that could be implemented at full-scale in the future, CrossWind, the consortium developing the wind farm, said. These include a floating solar park, short-term battery storage, wind turbines that are optimally tuned to the network to minimise the negative ‘wake’-effects that […]
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TenneT’s Hollandse Kust (Noord) offshore jacket foundation is nearing completion at the Vlissingen yard of Heerema Fabrication Group (HFG). With the roll-up completed, and the two-part cable deck now installed, the jacket is now entering the final stages of fabrication, SLPE, the designer of the jacket foundation, said. The construction of the substation jacket foundation started in […]
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Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection
Dutch transmission system operator TenneT TSO B.V. has issued a tender seeking unexploded ordnance (UXO) consultancy services covering zones in the Dutch North Sea identified in the Offshore Wind Energy Roadmap 2030. As the designated offshore grid operator for the future wind farms, TenneT is responsible for the engineering, procurement, installation, construction, and operation of the […]
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Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update
The 3,500-tonne offshore substation topside has been installed on its jacket foundation at the 759 MW Hollandse Kust Noord offshore wind farm. This new construction milestone took place in the night from Monday to Tuesday at 18.5 kilometres off the coast of Egmond aan Zee with the help of DEME’s installation vessel Orion. After a […]
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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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Dutch transmission system operator TenneT TSO B.V. has issued a tender for offshore unexploded ordnance (UXO) survey, identification and clearance at the zones identified in the Offshore Wind Energy Roadmap 2030. The tender covers the 700MW Hollandse Kust Noord, the 700MW Hollandse Kust (west) Alpha, the 700MW Hollandse Kust (west) Beta, the 700MW Ten noorden […]
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Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection
Sea and Land Project Engineering (SLPE) has been awarded a contract for the detailed design of the Hollandse Kust West Alpha offshore substation jacket and foundations. SLPE signed a contract earlier this year with Iemants, a subsidiary of Smulders, who, in a joint venture with ENGIE, will deliver this offshore substation as a complete turn-key […]
