Sweden’s state-owned utility Vattenfall has commenced construction of the 1.5GW Hollandse Kust Zuid (HKZ) offshore wind farm in Dutch waters.
The construction has started with the departure of the first vessel transporting the monopile foundations, which will be installed at water depths of 17m-28m over the coming months. The first turbines at the project are expected to begin operation by 2022, while the entire offshore wind power project is expected to be commissioned in the summer of 2023.
Hollandse Kust Zuid will be one of the world’s largest offshore wind farms, with 140 turbines. It will be located nearly 18km off the coast of The Hague and Zandvoort. Vattenfall is building the offshore wind farm in partnership with BASF, which signed a contract for the purchase of a 49.5% stake in the wind farm for €300m.
In December last year, Vattenfall secured permits from the Danish Energy Agency to construct the Vesterhav Syd and Nord offshore wind farms. They are expected to generate about 350MW of electricity which will be enough to provide for 380,000 Danish households.
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