The onshore cable connection for the 382.7 MW Fryslân Wind Farm is ready. With 55 kilometres it is the largest onshore sustainable energy connection in the Netherlands. The connection will start transporting the electricity produced by 89 wind turbines in the IJsselmeer sometime in 2021. The 110 kV onshore cable connection runs from the onshore…
Vattenfall has taken its final investment decision for the 1,500 MW Hollandse Kust Zuid offshore wind farm. In 2023, the project, located approximately 22 km off the coast of the Zuid-Holland province, will be the largest offshore wind farm in the world. Offshore constructions will start in 2021. The wind farm is to be completed in 2023.…
Vattenfall announced today it has signed final contracts with cable specialists Prysmian Powerlink S.r.l. (Prysmian) and B.V. Twentsche Kabelfabriek (TKF) for the manufacturing and supply of the inter-array cable systems for its Hollandse Kust Zuid wind farm zone. Hollandse Kust Zuid, located approximately 18 km off the coast between The Hague and Zandvoort, will consist…
The 900 MW BorWin3 DC offshore grid connection in the German North Sea, off the coast of Borkum, has been handed over to TenneT following a succesfull trial operation period of six weeks. A consortium of Siemens and Petrofac were awarded the project contract in 2014, which included the engineering, procurement, construction, transport and installation of…
Earlier this week, on Monday November 4, COBRAcable, the 700 MW interconnector between the Netherlands and Denmark, was inaugurated. The event took place in two locations at the same time, in Eemshaven and the Danish city Endrup. TenneT CEO Manon van Beek and Thomas Egebo, CEO of Danish grid operator Energinet, officially launched the interconnector…
Today, 10 July, RVO.nl (Netherlands Enterprise Agency) announced the winner of the tender for the 760 MW Hollandse Kust (zuid) 3 & 4 offshore wind development site. It will be the second subsidy-free offshore wind farm to be built in Dutch waters. In March 2018, the Swedish company also won the permit for the subsidy-free…
Future grid capacity is currently a hot topic in the Netherlands. With the wind projects becoming larger, especially at sea, what are the requirements in terms of cable designs? Wind Energy Magazine spoke to Mario Loi and Hans Schwirtz at the Delft production facility and head office for the Nordics of international energy and telecom…
Vattenfall has selected Siemens Gamesa’s 10 MW offshore wind power turbine for the Hollandse Kust (Zuid) 1&2 offshore wind farms. Should the Swedish developer also be awarded the Hollandse Kust (Zuid) 3&4 tender then it will also deploy this turbine type. The complete Hollandse Kust (Zuid) project would then involve 152 wind turbines. Siemens Gamesa’s…
