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  • 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 […]

  • Quanta to Supply Personnel for Hollandse Kust Noord

    19 April 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Jobs & Recruitment

    CrossWind has awarded Quanta with a contract to supply personnel to the Hollandse Kust Noord offshore wind project in the Netherlands. Quanta will focus on delivering quality management and inspection professionals for the 759 MW wind farm. “We are delighted to be working with CrossWind on this exciting project and we are looking forward to supplying […]

  • UXO Surveys Underway at Hollandse Kust Noord

    13 October 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    Fugro is carrying out an unexploded ordnance (UXO) survey campaign at the Hollandse Kust Noord offshore wind project in the Netherlands. The goal of the survey, which began in September, is to identify the locations of UXOs in all inter-array cable routes, corridors, and all turbine locations. The activities are supported by NjordIC, who secured […]

  • Polish Join Hollandse Kust Noord OSS Work

    8 October 2020
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Ultra NDT S.C. and Jaworski Energy Services have signed a contract with the ENGIE Solutions Belgium and Iemants joint venture for work on the Hollandse Kust Noord substation topside. Ultra NDT S.C. has been selected as the third-party responsible for non-destructive testing, with Jaworski Energy Services providing project management and technical supervision over the contracted scope. ENGIE Fabricom and Iemants started engineering work on […]

  • LMR Drilling Secures Hollandse Kust (zuid) HDD Contract

    12 October 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    TenneT has awarded the Oldenburg-based LMR Drilling GmbH with a contract to carry out the horizontal directional drilling (HDD) sea defense work for the Hollandse Kust (zuid) offshore grid.

  • Shell and Eneco Pick Designer of Energy Storage Hub Offshore Netherlands

    5 December 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Environment, Grid Connection, Industry, R&D, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Houston-headquartered engineering, construction, and services company, KBR, has been awarded a contract to provide engineering services for an offshore energy storage project for CrossWind, a joint venture between Shell and Dutch utility company, Eneco. KBR will perform a front-end engineering design of the baseload power hub (BLPH) for the Hollandse Kust noord wind farm located […]

  • ECN Expands Offshore Measurement Locations, Teams Up with KNMI

    30 August 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Environment, R&D, Technology

    Energy research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN) is expanding the number of offshore measuring locations and is entering a partnership with the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI). ECN, KNMI, Rijkswaterstaat and several other parties have various measurement masts and measurement systems set up off the coast from Egmond aan Zee, IJmuiden, Borssele and by the Goeree […]

  • DNV GL Certifies RVO.nl’s Hollandse Kust (Zuid) Site Studies

    27 March 2017
    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.

  • Atlas to Provide Quality Management Personnel for Hollandse Kust Noord

    16 April 2021
    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 […]

  • Pacific Osprey Tests New Lifting Gear

    30 April 2020
    Vessels

    Load tests of the new crane boom on Pacific Osprey have started, Swire Blue Ocean (SBO) said. The installation of the jack-up’s new crane boom started in the Port of Esbjerg earlier this month. The reeving of the main hook was completed last Friday, and on Saturday, the boom was lowered into the boom rest, […]

  • Shell Adds Worley to Offshore Wind-to-Hydrogen Project Team

    1 June 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Environment, Technology

    Dutch energy major Shell has awarded the Australian engineering company Worley a services contract to support the development of a new 200 MW electrolysis-based hydrogen plant in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The new plant will be powered by renewable energy from an offshore wind farm that is currently in development, Worley said. Once complete, the green […]

  • Siemens Gamesa Gets Cracking on Hollandse Kust Zuid Turbines

    27 August 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Siemens Gamesa has started the serial production of the SG 11.0-200 DD wind turbines for the 1.5 GW Hollandse Kust Zuid offshore wind farm at its facilities in Cuxhaven, Germany. This is according to 8.2 Consulting AG, the company selected by Vattenfall, the developer of the project, to supervise the production of the 140 turbines […]

  • Vattenfall Begins Hollandse Kust Zuid 1&2 Prep Work

    13 March 2019
    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 […]

  • Tauw to Test Soil on Potential Hollandse Kust Zuid Onshore Cable Routes

    9 June 2016
    Authorities, Environment, Grid Connection, R&D, Wind Farm Update

    The Netherlands-based consultancy Tauw Group will carry out soil investigations and determine the most suitable route for onshore cables which will connect four 350MW offshore wind farms in the Hollandse Kust (zuid) zone to the Dutch grid, TenneT reports. Tauw will examine several onshore cable routes, including the one leading to Wateringen and two leading to a terminal on Maasvlakte. The soil […]

  • Amazon Buys More Offshore Wind Power

    8 February 2021
    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 […]

  • Dutch Offshore Wind Project Tackles the Wake Effect

    15 April 2021
    R&D, Technology

    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 […]

  • Fugro to Investigate Hollandse Kust (noord) Site

    13 August 2020
    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 […]

  • TenneT Starts Project to Diversify Sea Life around Cable Intersections

    15 October 2020
    Environment

    Dutch transmission system operator TenneT has, in cooperation with Van Oord, started a pilot project designed to improve biodiversity at cable intersections in the North Sea. The project will see different types of stone deposited at cable intersections to investigate which application best stimulates biodiversity. The stones will be deposited at twelve sites where the […]

  • RVO: Developers Ready to Build and Operate OWFs Subsidy-Free

    22 December 2017
    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.

  • Siemens Gamesa Turbines for Hollandse Kust (Noord)

    30 July 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    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 […]

  • 2017 – A Year That Went Tender on the Prices

    2 January 2018
    Contracts & Tenders

    With the latest Dutch tender in process, we said farewell to 2017 and can now welcome 2018 with wishes for it to resume in similar manner as it is most likely to begin: with a concession contract for a project awarded at the first subsidy-free tender.  

  • Siemens Gamesa 11MW Turbine Stands Tall in Østerild

    7 February 2020
    R&D

    The installation of the Siemens Gamesa prototype SG 11.0-193 DD Flex turbine has been completed at the Østerild Test Center in Denmark.

  • Latest Dutch Offshore Wind Farm Comes with a Bag of Tricks

    30 July 2020
    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 […]

  • Expertise Hub VIDEO: Early Detailed Modelling Helps Designers Cut Costs (DHI Group)

    16 November 2017
    R&D, Technology

    Providing offshore wind developers with the best modelling data possible in the early stages of project development translates into significant cost reductions, according to Dr. Thor Ugelvig Petersen, Head of Department Ports & Offshore Technology at DHI Group.

  • Siemens Gamesa 11MW Nacelle Taking Shape in Østerild

    14 January 2020
    Technology

    The nacelle of Siemens Gamesa’s prototype SG 11.0-193 DD Flex turbine is being assembled at the Østerild Test Center in Denmark. The nacelle arrived in Østerild about a week ago, while the three blades were set to be transported from the Hanstholm harbor, craned and assembled shortly after. The nacelle prototype was produced in Brande, while […]

  • Siemens Gamesa 11MW Turbine Parts Coming to Østerild

    7 January 2020
    R&D

    The components of Siemens Gamesa’s prototype SG 11.0-193 DD Flex turbine have started arriving in Østerild, Denmark, where they will be installed for testing. The nacelle has arrived in Østerild, while the three blades are expected to be transported from the Hanstholm harbor, craned and assembled at the end of this week, a spokesperson from Siemens […]