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  • The Netherlands Opens Door to More Offshore Wind by 2023

    14 February 2017
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Grid Connection

    The House of Representatives of the Netherlands has voted in favour of carrying out further research to determine if new offshore wind farms can be added to increase the country’s target of having a total of 4.45GW of offshore wind generation capacity commissioned by 2023.

  • TenneT Seeks Contractors for Hollandse Kust Zuid, Noord Offshore Platforms

    12 May 2017
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    TenneT has launched a qualification process for candidates interested in tendering for the delivery of offshore platforms that will connect wind farms at Hollandse Kust Zuid and Hollandse Kust Noord offshore areas to the Dutch grid on the mainland.

  • RVO Teases IJmuiden Ver Ground Model Tender

    26 June 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) plans to issue a tender for the development of an integrated ground model for the 4 GW IJmuiden Ver wind farm zone in July. This integrated ground model should be of sufficient accuracy to allow (preliminary) foundation design, RVO said. The deliverables of this assignment will be made available to […]

  • Shell to Start Building Europe’s Largest Offshore Wind-to-Hydrogen Plant in Netherlands (Video)

    6 July 2022
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Shell Nederland and Shell Overseas Investments, both subsidiaries of Shell, have taken the Final Investment Decision (FID) to build Holland Hydrogen I, which is said to be Europe’s largest renewable hydrogen plant once operational in 2025. The 200 MW Holland Hydrogen I electrolysis plant will be constructed on the Tweede Maasvlakte in the port of […]

  • Hollandse Kust (zuid) I & II Tender Ready for Take-Off

    12 December 2017
    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.

  • TenneT Pre-Qualifying for Hollandse Kust West Beta Subsea Cable Tender

    14 October 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    TenneT has invited applications to qualify for a tender that will be launched in February 2021, when the Dutch transmission system operator will seek a subsea cable supplier for the Hollandse Kust West Beta platform. The scope of the contract will include the design, engineering, production, delivery, and installation of 220 kV AC sea cables […]

  • New Dutch Offshore Wind Atlas Ready for Release

    17 January 2019
    R&D, Technology

    The ECN part of TNO, KNMI (the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute), and Whiffle, a Delft University of Technology spin-off, are releasing the new Dutch Offshore Wind Atlas on Thursday, 17 January. The Dutch Offshore Wind Atlas (DOWA) is said to include an unprecedented level of detail where the wind is mapped up-to 600m in height and […]

  • TenneT and Vattenfall Pen Hollandse Kust Zuid Grid Agreements

    15 January 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Grid operator TenneT and wind farm developer Vattenfall have signed agreements for the offshore grid connection for the Hollandse Kust Zuid I and II wind farms in the Dutch North Sea. The agreements relate to the realisation of the connection and the transmission of electricity between Vattenfall’s wind farm and the TenneT Hollandse Kust Zuid Alpha offshore […]

  • Dutch Govt to Launch First Subsidy-Free Tender on 15 December

    18 October 2017
    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.

  • Siemens Gamesa Signs EUR 500 Million Guarantee Facility as Orders Pour In

    27 August 2021
    Business & Finance

    Siemens Gamesa has signed a guarantee facility worth EUR 500 million with EKF and Danske Bank to back the delivery of offshore and onshore wind turbines from its order book. The guarantee facility will reinforce Siemens Gamesa’s ability to keep pace with growing future orders and allow the wind turbine supplier to provide guarantees, according […]

  • 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 […]

  • Shell Puts Together Offshore Wind Recruitment Team

    6 May 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Jobs & Recruitment

    Shell Renewables and Energy Solutions (formerly Shell New Energies) has selected ERSG and Light Source People for global staffing services for its offshore wind business. Following a tendering procedure, Light Source People has been appointed as an official supplier to provide contractors and permanent staff for Shell’s offshore wind projects and wider renewables portfolio globally under a […]

  • Van Oord: Demand in Offshore Wind ‘Increased Exponentially’ in 2022, But Returns ‘Unsatisfactory’

    13 March 2023
    Business & Finance, Business development, Contracts & Tenders, Industry, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Vessels

    Van Oord has seen the demand in the offshore wind market increase exponentially in 2022, the Dutch marine contractor’s CEO Pieter van Oord said. Van Oord’s Offshore Wind business unit had what the company has described in its financial report for 2022 as a ”a busy year”, recording EUR 599 million revenue, a 72.6 per […]

  • A Hub in the Netherlands

    22 June 2017
    Contracts & Tenders

    This year Offshore WIND Magazine will be looking at the offshore wind hub ports. These are ports that have either become newly established as offshore wind ports or existing ports already serving the industry that grown beyond most people’s expectations in the past seven years. These hubs can be either a single port or a group of neighbouring ports able to provide the complete base support for range of services from project pre-construction surveys to wind farm operation and maintenance.

  • MHI Vestas Sets Up Base at BOW Terminal Vlissingen

    28 November 2017
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics

    MHI Vestas Offshore Wind and BOW Terminal have signed an agreement that will provide the offshore wind turbine manufacturer with 20 hectares of land at the Port of Vlissingen in the Netherlands.

  • Offshore Wind One of Options to Power Amazon’s Data Centres in Japan

    14 May 2021
    Business & Finance

    Amazon is in talks with power utilities and trading houses in Japan as the tech giant is looking to build a renewable energy plant that would power its data centers in the country, Nikkei reported on 13 May. One of the options reported to be on the table is an offshore wind farm. A Japanese trading […]

  • Examining the economic potential of offshore wind in North Holland

    15 December 2020

    Report reveals North Holland’s excellent position for support of wind projects In a boost to renewable energy production, a spate of offshore wind farms, with 8.3 GW total capacity, is scheduled for construction in the northern part of the Dutch North Sea in the coming decade. The wind farms are Hollandse Kust (zuid), Hollandse Kust […]

  • TenneT Offers Ways to Dutch Offshore Wind Capacity Surge

    28 November 2017
    Grid Connection, R&D, Technology

    Transmission system operator TenneT has laid out its ideas for supporting the possible further expansion of offshore wind energy in the Dutch North Sea.

  • Offshore Wind, Hydrogen in Focus of Shell’s German Business Overhaul

    1 October 2020
    Business & Finance

    Shell is restructuring its business in Germany as the energy transition progresses worldwide, the oil giant announced on 29 September, listing offshore wind and hydrogen as some of the key elements of its operations in the country. The company said it plans to participate in the production of electricity from renewable energy sources in Germany […]

  • TenneT Presents ‘Hub and Spoke’ Offshore Wind Concept (VIDEO)

    10 June 2016
    R&D

    TenneT has presented a ‘hub and spoke’ concept to set up a large European offshore electricity system that incorporates building of an island in the middle of the North Sea. Numerous wind farms can be connected to the artificial island – a total capacity of over 30 GW can be connected on an island of roughly 6 km² – from […]

  • Dutch Gov’t Issues EUR 4.4 Million Tender to Inform Preliminary Offshore Wind Foundation Design for Nederwiek Noord and Hollandse Kust West VIII

    5 June 2023
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders

    The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend; RVO) has invited tenders for integrated ground models (IGMs) and geotechnical interpretative reports for the Nederwiek Noord and Hollandse Kust West VIII offshore wind farm zones. The work will help inform the preliminary foundation design and the deliverables will be made available to bidders in the project development tenders. […]

  • Van Oord and Hellenic Cables Land Hollandse Kust South Cable Deal

    7 September 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Offshore grid operator TenneT has selected the Van Oord-Hellenic Cables consortium to connect the Hollandse Kust (South) Alpha and Beta offshore platforms to the Dutch onshore grid.

  • Six Key Offshore Wind Themes to Watch in 2022 – Westwood

    20 January 2022
    Business & Finance

    The following is a guest post by Westwood Global Energy Group’s Senior Analysts Michelle Gomez, Bahzad Ayoub and Ruth Chen. The offshore wind sector had another record-breaking year in 2021. Some 18.6 GW of capacity was put into operation – the industry’s highest level of annual capacity additions.   Mainland China’s push to bring capacity […]

  • RVO Soon to Launch Integrated Ground Model Tender for Dutch Wind Farm Zones

    9 May 2023
    Business development, Contracts & Tenders, Research & Development

    The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland; RVO) has issued a prior information notice for the development of an integrated ground model (IGM) and a geotechnical interpretative report for the Nederwiek Noord and Hollandse Kust West VIII Wind Farm Zones. According to the notice, the integrated ground models and geotechnical interpretative reports should be […]

  • Export Cable Installation Starts at Hollandse Kust (zuid)

    23 September 2020
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Van Oord has started installing the export cables which will connect the 1.5 GW Hollandse Kust (zuid) offshore wind farm to the Dutch grid, TenneT said. For the first ten kilometres of the cable route at sea, the four export cables will have to be buried more than 5,5 metres into the seabed in order […]

  • First Subsea to Protect Hollandse Kust (zuid) Grid Link

    28 November 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    Van Oord-Cablel Hellenic Cables consortium has awarded First Subsea with a contract to supply a cable protection system (CPS) for the Hollandse Kust (zuid) export cables, and a cross over protection for TenneT’s Net op zee Hollandse Kust (zuid). Under the contract, First Subsea will engineer, test, and supply a CPS for the protection of […]