Wind Energy
The installation of the wind turbines for Ecowende’s Hollandse Kust West offshore wind farm officially commenced a few days ago.
Hollandse Kust West is the 25th offshore wind farm for which offshore installation activities are being executed from Eemshaven.
Construction of the wind farm, located approximately 53 kilometres off the Dutch coast near IJmuiden, had already begun at the Maasvlakte, where the turbine foundations were fabricated at Sif and loaded-out.
The inter array cables for the wind farm were also manufactured in Eemshaven, at TKF. The final cables departed by ship last week en route to the wind farm, where they will be installed offshore.
Over the past months, components for the 52 Vestas wind turbines have been arriving at Buss Terminal Eemshaven via both the Beatrixhaven and Julianahaven. Dozens of tower sections are now staged along the Julianahaven quayside. The towers are lifted aboard Van Oord’s installation vessel Boreas in upright position and transported in the same orientation to the offshore site. This week saw the first load-out of tower sections take place.
Ecowende is internationally recognised as a pioneering project, with ecology and nature restoration playing a central role in the wind farm’s design, construction and operation. Innovative measures are being applied to the turbines to improve protection for birds and bats.The installation of the wind turbines for Ecowende’s Hollandse Kust West offshore wind farm officially commenced a few days ago.
Hollandse Kust West is the 25th offshore wind farm for which offshore installation activities are being executed from Eemshaven.
Construction of the wind farm, located approximately 53 kilometres off the Dutch coast near IJmuiden, had already begun at the Maasvlakte, where the turbine foundations were fabricated at Sif and loaded-out.
The inter array cables for the wind farm were also manufactured in Eemshaven, at TKF. The final cables departed by ship last week en route to the wind farm, where they will be installed offshore.
Over the past months, components for the 52 Vestas wind turbines have been arriving at Buss Terminal Eemshaven via both the Beatrixhaven and Julianahaven. Dozens of tower sections are now staged along the Julianahaven quayside. The towers are lifted aboard Van Oord’s installation vessel Boreas in upright position and transported in the same orientation to the offshore site. This week saw the first load-out of tower sections take place.
Ecowende is internationally recognised as a pioneering project, with ecology and nature restoration playing a central role in the wind farm’s design, construction and operation. Innovative measures are being applied to the turbines to improve protection for birds and bats.
