General – Grid Connection
Grid operator TenneT has completed seven standardized 700-megawatt (MW) grid connections for offshore wind farms in recent years.
[Read more…] about TenneT completes 700 MW offshore wind programVan Oord and Ecowende kick off nature-enhancing scour protection
Wind Energy – Scour Protection
Offshore operations at Ecowende’s Hollandse Kust West wind farm have officially commenced with the start of eco-friendly scour protection works.
[Read more…] about Van Oord and Ecowende kick off nature-enhancing scour protectionTopside HKW Beta installed on jacket in North Sea
Wind Energy – Topside Installation
On the night and morning of 21 May HMC’s crane vessel Sleipnir installed the topside for the offshore transformer platform Hollandse Kust (west Beta) on the jacket.
[Read more…] about Topside HKW Beta installed on jacket in North SeaLoad out operation topside HKwB completed
Wind Energy – Load Out
According to a post by Robert Koens, Tennet’s project lead, the load out operation of the topside for Hollandse Kust (west Beta) substation has been completed.
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Wind Energy – Hollandse Kust West
Belgium’s Smulders has awarded an E&I contract to Denmark’s ProCon for Hollandse Kust West VI, which is being developed by the Ecowende consortium in the Netherlands.
[Read more…] about ProCon partners with Smulders on HKW VIConnection of three Dutch offshore wind farms
Wind Energy – TenneT
TenneT has completed the onshore work for the connection of the Hollandse Kust (noord), (west Alpha) and (west Beta) offshore wind farms in the IJmond region in the western part of the Netherlands.
[Read more…] about Connection of three Dutch offshore wind farmsEcowende chooses Buss Ports as marshalling port in Eemshaven
Wind Energy – Ecowende
Buss Terminal Eemshaven will serve as Ecowende’s wind turbine marshalling port, offering over 200,000 square metres of storage and handling capacity for the components needed to build the wind farm.
[Read more…] about Ecowende chooses Buss Ports as marshalling port in EemshavenFirst sea cable for Hollandse Kust connection
Wind Energy – Hollandse Kust
This weekend the first sea cable from TenneT TSO was successfully pulled under the dunes for the connection of the Hollandse Kust (west Beta) offshore wind farm near Velsen.
[Read more…] about First sea cable for Hollandse Kust connectionESVAGT will build a new SOV to service Vestas
Wind Energy – New SOV Ecowende
ESVAGT has secured the contract to service Vestas at Ecowende’s Hollandse Kust West offshore wind farm in the Netherlands and has initiated the process of designing and building the new SOV.
[Read more…] about ESVAGT will build a new SOV to service VestasEcowende chooses Vestas wind turbines for HKW
Wind Energy – HKW
Ecowende from the Netherlands has chosen Vestas as the supplier of the wind turbines for its future offshore wind farm on Hollandse Kust (west) site VI.
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