DEME’s Orion installs Hollandse Kust (north) transformer station topside
DEME’s offshore installation behemoth Orion has completed the placement of the superstructure (topside) for the offshore transformer station Hollandse Kust (north) on the chassis (jacket). This new milestone in the energy transition took place in the...Read more
TenneT’s transformer falls over during transport in Friesland
A 220 kV transformer weighing 250 tons fell over during transport to the Louwsmeer high-voltage substation in Tytsjerk, Friesland. The Transmission Service Operator (TSO) TenneT noted that the cause of the accident is still unknown. Read more
Allseas completes installation of DolWin kappa offshore converter station
Allseas has completed the installation of TenneT’s 900-megawatt DolWin6 kappa offshore converter station for the offshore grid connection system in the German North Sea – including piling of jacket foundations. This 12-day operation, completed on...Read more
Hollandse Kust (West Alpha) transformer jacket ready to for sail off
A few weeks after the successful load out at Heerema Fabrication Group yard, the steel substructure for the transformer platform Hollandse Kust (West Alpha) will leave the port of Vlissingen over the coming weekend (August...Read more
DolWin kappa platform sails out of Cadiz
TenneT will be able to provide more power via the direct current connection DolWin6, now that the 900 MW offshore platform DolWin kappa sailed out from the Dragados Offshore shipyard in Cádiz, Spain. With this,...Read more
WIND bags cable storage and transfer deal with TenneT
The Dutch subsea cable specialist WIND has secured a contract to provide cable transfers and cable storage for offshore spare export cables for TenneT. Read more
Boskalis delivers Hollandse Kust Zuid Beta topside
Boskalis heavy transport vessel Mighty Servant 3 has completed the transport of Tennet’s Beta substation of the Hollandse Kust Zuid wind farm. Boskalis noted that the involvement in such projects is its way of taking...Read more
Hollandse Kust Zuid Beta topside heads for the Netherlands
The 700 MW Hollandse Kust Zuid (HKZ) Beta topside weighing 3,950-tonnes has been loaded out at the Drydocks World Dubai and is on its way to the Netherlands. Petrofac informed that it has completed the...Read more
Hollandse Kust Zuid Alpha topside on its way to the Netherlands
The 700 MW Alpha topside for the Hollandse Kust Zuid (HKZ) project has been completed by Drydocks World (DDW). The unit has already sailed away from the fabrication yard in Dubai to the Netherlands onboard...Read more
TenneT’s Hollandse Kust (noord) substation jacket installed
The jacket foundation for TenneT’s Hollandse Kust (noord) substation has been installed in a joint operation by DEME Offshore and Scaldis SMC. The 2,100-tonne jacked installation has been completed by the heavy lift vessel Gulliver. Read more
Sleipnir installs second HKZ platform jacket
Heerema Marine Contractors’ LNG-fueled semi-submersible crane vessel Sleipnir has completed the installation of the second jacket of TenneT’s offshore transformer platforms for the Hollandse Kust Zuid (HKZ) wind farm in the North Sea.Read more
Danes to build first energy hub in North Sea
Denmark has approved a plan to build the first energy hub in the North Sea. This is a small artificial island where the connections of wind farms converge. The energy can then be transported to...Read more
Heerema to construct Hollandse Kust substation jacket
Offshore windHeerema Fabrication Group will construct the Hollandse Kust (noord) offshore transformer substation jacket. The contract for this was signed with Iemants (part of Smulders). The jacket will be 44 metres high and consists of 1600...Read more
Sleipnir installs first jacket of Hollandse Kust offshore substation
Offshore windThe first jacket of TenneT’s Hollandse Kust (Zuid) offshore platform has been installed in the seabed. The heavyweight Alpha jacket of 3200 tonnes was transported and installed by Heerema’s heavy lift crane vessel Sleipnir.Read more