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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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Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update
The Netherlands is opening the first phase of the tender for sites I and II in the Hollandse Kust (zuid) offshore wind zone on Friday, 15 December.
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Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update
The Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate will open the bidding procedure for developers interested in building the Hollandse Kust (Zuid) III and IV offshore wind farms without subsidies in March 2019.
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Siemens’ roll-on/roll-off (Ro-Ro) vessel Rotra Mare has completed her first delivery of wind turbine components since being upgraded and extended to be able to transport the ever-increasing turbine parts. The vessel, which docked at Sif’s new terminal at Maasvlakte 2 on Wednesday 09 March, transported tower sections for Vattenfall’s 1.5 GW Hollandse Kust Zuid wind […]
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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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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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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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The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) closed the application period for the Hollandse Kust (noord) Wind Farm Zone tender on 30 April. Several developers have applied for a permit to build and operate an offshore wind farm in the zone without a government subsidy. RVO will now assess the applications and announce the winner of the […]
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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, 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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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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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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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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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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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, […]
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Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update
DNV GL has awarded the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO.nl) with a certificate for the quality of its package of site studies for companies planning to compete in the tenders to build offshore wind farms at the Hollandse Kust (zuid) Sites I and II.
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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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Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update
Offshore Wind Consultants (OWC) has been appointed as the lender’s technical advisor (LTA) on the 1.5 GW Hollandse Kust Zuid (HKZ) offshore wind project in the Netherlands. As part of the scope of work, OWC performed technical due diligence on all aspects of the project design, delivery, and operations, concluding with a comprehensive report at […]
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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 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 Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy will reveal the results of the tender to develop the Hollandse Kust (noord) offshore wind farm site on Wednesday, 29 July. The results of the subsidy-free round will be revealed after the closing of the Dutch stock exchanges, Ruud de Bruijne, Project manager offshore wind energy […]
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Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Environment, R&D, Wind Farm Update
The Dutch Administrative Jurisdiction Division of the Council of State has approved the Wind Farm Site Decisions (WFSD) for zones I and II of the Hollandse Kust (zuid) offshore wind project.
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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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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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Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, R&D, Wind Farm Update
The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO.nl) has awarded a group of 13 Dutch companies and research bodies a framework contract to support RVO.nl with collecting site data for future offshore wind farm zones in the Netherlands.
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Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders
Businesses are prepared to start constructing and operating the Hollandse Kust Zuid I & II without government subsidy, the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) said after the application period for subsidy-free bids closed yesterday, 21 December.