The Wind Osprey vessel has left Rotterdam’s Maasvlakte port with the world’s largest commercial turbines, which will be installed on the Hollandse Kust Zuid wind farm. The Hollandse Kust Zuid wind farm zone will be equipped with approximately 140 units...
Cadeler A/S celebrated today a successful seafastening mobilisation with the Wind Osprey vessel crew and key contractors. In a few days, Wind Osprey will leave the harbour of Esbjerg and set sail for the Hollandse Kust Zuid wind farm project....
Two years after Vattenfall won the second tender to build Hollandse Kust Zuid, the world’s biggest and first subsidy free offshore wind farm, things are taking shape. Although foundation construction is well under way, the company reported it is falling...
Energy company Ørsted reported on Wednesday 27 October that one of its turbines in the offshore wind farm Borssele 1&2 off the coast of Zeeland had experienced a malfunction and subsequently caught fire in the nacelle. As a consequence, two...
The transformer station that collects the energy produced by the 89 wind turbines in the 383 MW Fryslân Wind Farm in the IJsselmeer has been opened to the public this week. Those who wish to learn more about this largest...
Ørsted’s first offshore wind farm in the Netherlands, Borssele 1&2, was officially opened today, Monday 6 September. The wind farm, located approximately 23 km off the coast of Zeeland, has already been operating since Q4 2020 but the opening was...
Siemens Gamesa has made a start with the serial production of the wind turbines that will feature in the 1.5 GW Hollandse Kust Zuid offshore wind farm. Hollandse Kust Zuid is being built around 18 to 36 kilometers from the...
A Dutch-Spanish consortium consisting of Pontis Engineering, Twenco and Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy, kicked-off the joint UP-WELD project seeking to demonstrate the welding of thermoplastic structures of more than 100 meters long and the feasibility of recyclable blades. New developments...
Dutch cable manufacturer Twentsche Kabelfabriek (TKF) has been awarded the contract by Van Oord to supply 140 km 66 kV inter-array cables for the offshore wind farm Hollandse Kust Noord (HKN). HKN will be constructed approximately 18 kilometres off the...
The first foundations for the 1.5 GW offshore wind farm Hollandse Kust Zuid have been loaded onto the installation vessel Seaway Strashnov at the premises of SIF on Maasvlakte 2, Rotterdam. The vessel is now on its way to the...
