Hollandse Kust West Offshore Wind Farm

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 .

Hollandse Kust West
Country
  • Netherlands
Location
Coordinates52°41′N 3°46′E
Owner(s)
Wind farm
Type
Distance from shore
  • 53 km (33 mi)
Site area
  • 176 km2 (68 sq mi)
Power generation
Nameplate capacity
  • 2,100 MW

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. The site will have an installed capacity of around 760 MW.[4]

Hollandse Kust (West) VIII

The site was added in 2022. The tender for this site is expected to be held in 2026 or 2027.[5]

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. Durakovic, Adnan (2022-06-13). "The Netherlands Sets Tendering Timelines for 13.4 GW of Offshore Wind". Offshore Wind. Retrieved 2023-08-21.
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