Van Oord accomplished the set up of the Hollandse Kust Noord offshore wind farm, situated 18.5 km off the west coast of the Netherlands close to Egmond aan Zee.
CrossWind, a joint-venture between Shell and Eneco, contracted Van Oord in 2020. As a Stability of Plant contractor, Van Oord’s actions encompassed the design, engineering, procurement and transport and set up of the 70 wind turbine foundations, inter-array cables, in addition to the transport and set up of the wind generators themselves.
Van Oord began putting in the foundations of the wind farm in October 2022 and completes its scope now throughout the yr, making this one of many quickest put in wind farms of its variety. Van Oord deployed amongst others its versatile fallpipe vessels Bravenes and Nordnes, offshore set up jack-up vessel MPI Decision, cable-laying vessel Nexus and trencher Dig-It and teamed up with different business companions DEME, Seajacks and Cadeler.
