Hollandse Kust West Offshore Wind Farm

Hollandse Kust West
Map
Country
  • Netherlands
Location
Coordinates52°41′N 3°46′E / 52.68°N 3.77°E / 52.68; 3.77
Owners
Wind farm
Type
Distance from shore
  • 53 km (33 mi)
Site area
  • 176 km2 (68 sq mi)
Power generation
Make and modelVestas V236-15.0MW (VI)
Vestas V236-15.0MW (VII)
Units planned52 × 15 MW (VI)
53 × 15 MW (VI)
Nameplate capacity760 MW (VI)
760 MW (VII)
700 MW (VIII)
External links
Websitehttps://ecowende.nl/
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Hollandse Kust West Wind Farm (officially Hollandse Kust (West) Wind Farm Zone) is a planned offshore wind farm in the Dutch part of the North Sea. The wind farm consists of 3 sites with a capacity of around 700 MW each. The farm is located around 53 km off of the Dutch coast.[1] it is the third offshore wind farm in the Netherlands after the Hollandse Kust Zuid and Hollandse Kust Noord wind farms to be built without subsidies .

Originally only 2 sites were planned. A possible third site was added in 2022.

Wind Farms

Hollandse Kust (West) VI

The tender for this site was won by Ecowende, a consortion of Shell and Eneco.[2] The wind farm will be built by Van Oord.[3]

Hollandse Kust (West) VII

The tender for the second site was won by Oranje Wind Power II, a subsidiary of RWE.[4] In July 2024, it was announced that TotalEnergies would acquire a 50% stake in the OranjeWind project from RWE.[5]

The wind farm will consist of 53 Vestas V236-15.0 MW wind turbines. The site will have an installed capacity of around 795 MW and a grid connection capacity of 760 MW.[6] The wind farm will be built by Jan De Nul. Construction is expected to start in 2026 with full commissioning expected in early 2028.[7]

Hollandse Kust (West) VIII

The site was added in 2022. The tender for this site is expected to be held in 2026 or 2027.[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Hollandse Kust (west) Wind Farm Zone | RVO.nl". english.rvo.nl. Retrieved 2023-08-21.
  2. ^ "Ecowende - Windpark Hollanse Kust West". Ecowende (in Dutch). Retrieved 2023-08-21.
  3. ^ Buljan, Adrijana (2023-09-08). "Van Oord to Build Hollandse Kust West VI – 'The Most Ecological Wind Farm Yet'". Offshore Wind. Retrieved 2023-09-10.
  4. ^ RWE. "Hollandse Kust West VII: RWE successful in Dutch offshore wind tender". www.rwe.com. Retrieved 2023-08-21.
  5. ^ "Netherlands: TotalEnergies acquires a stake in the OranjeWind offshore wind farm in view of supplying green hydrogen to its European refineries and lowering their emissions". TotalEnergies.com. 2024-07-24. Retrieved 2024-08-14.
  6. ^ Memija, Adnan (2024-07-30). "Vestas Adds 795 MW OranjeWind to Firm Orders". Offshore Wind. Retrieved 2024-08-14.
  7. ^ Buljan, Adrijana (2024-07-24). "TotalEnergies Buys Into RWE's Dutch Offshore Wind Farm to Produce Green Hydrogen; Contracts Signed with Main Suppliers". Offshore Wind. Retrieved 2024-08-14.
  8. ^ Durakovic, Adnan (2022-06-13). "The Netherlands Sets Tendering Timelines for 13.4 GW of Offshore Wind". Offshore Wind. Retrieved 2023-08-21.