Wind Energy
On Saturday, 30 May, Van Oord’s installation vessel Boreas installed the first wind turbine at Ecowende, approximately 53 km off the coast of IJmuiden.
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Wind Energy
The installation of the wind turbines for Ecowende’s Hollandse Kust West offshore wind farm officially commenced a few days ago.
[Read more…] about Turbine installation for Ecowende’s HKW gets underwayVan Oord USV completes offshore debut
Wind Energy – Multi Day Deployment
VO:X Barentsz, Van Oord’s first unmanned survey vessel purpose-built for offshore operations, has completed its first multi-day deployment at Ecowende’s Hollandse Kust West offshore wind farm.
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General – Silent Installation
Van Oord has installed three monopile foundations using a jetting solution in combination with a vibro lifting tool for the first time at commercial scale.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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