Yesterday night, the 759 MW offshore wind farm Holllandse Kust Noord reached a significant milestone with the completion of the set up of the ultimate wind turbine. The venture by CrossWind, a three way partnership between Shell and Eneco, is on monitor for completion by the top of this 12 months.
The ultimate turbine’s three 97-metre lengthy blades have been lifted into place on Thursday night, October 19 round 11:00 PM. The set up was carried out by Van Oord, the venture’s EPCI contractor. In complete, there at the moment are 69 Siemens Gamesa 11 MW wind generators standing within the wind farm, positioned 18.5 kilometres off the west coast of the Netherlands close to the city of Egmond aan Zee.
Hollandse Kust Noord might be one of many Netherlands’ most modern offshore wind farms. With improvements comparable to floating photo voltaic panels and an offshore hydrogen demonstration plant.
“I’m delighted to see the set up of our remaining turbine. We couldn’t have executed this with out our colleagues, suppliers and companions who’ve labored tirelessly and – maybe most significantly – safely to realize this main milestone. Quite a few the generators are already producing clear, inexperienced electrical energy for the Dutch grid, accelerating the vitality transition.”
Tjalling de Bruin, CEO and Undertaking Director at CrossWind
Put in in report time
Van Oord began putting in the foundations of the offshore wind park in October 2022. With the ultimate wind turbine put in inside a 12 months, CrossWind’s contractor is on monitor to make Hollandse Kust Noord one of many quickest put in wind farms of its sort.
“The set up of the 69th and remaining wind turbine within the wind park is an impressive achievement. Finishing the protected set up of this offshore wind park on this time-frame is one thing that everybody concerned within the venture could be very happy with. We’re happy to collaborate with Shell and Eneco on this prestigious venture and look ahead to working collectively once more on the development of Ecowende’s offshore wind park at Hollandse Kust (west) lot VI.”
Roeland Ris, Undertaking Director Van Oord
On monitor for completion by the top of this 12 months
The wind farm stays on monitor for completion by the top of this 12 months, with remaining testing and commissioning works set to proceed over the following few weeks. When absolutely operational, CrossWind’s 69 generators will function in 11 MW energy mode and comprise 759 MW of put in wind-powered capability, producing no less than 3.3 TWh per 12 months. This annual inexperienced electrical energy manufacturing will fulfil some 2.8% of the electrical energy demand within the Netherlands and is equal to the vitality consumption of roughly 1 million households.
