Contractor Jan de Nul is set to install marine cables at TenneT’s Hollandse Kust (West Alpha) in the near future.
The cable-laying vessel Connector will move to the site off the coast of Heemskerk/Wijk aan Zee in the next few days to perform the work.
Some five kilometres from the beach, Jan de Nul and LS Cables & System will bring the first section of the first cable for ‘west Alpha’ to the surface.
This cable was previously pulled under the dunes, after which the first kilometres were laid in the seabed.
On board the Connector, the (currently capped) end will be connected to the cable on board. This job will take over a week.
This cable section will realise the first connection up to TenneT’s Hollandse Kust ‘socket’ (West Alpha).
The cable will be laid to where TenneT is having the transformer platform for the ‘west Alpha’ wind farm built.
The jacket for this is already in place some 50km off the coast of Egmond aan Zee.
Next year, the superstructure (topside) will be placed on top of this, after which the sea cables can be connected. This connection should be ready in 2024.
In early 2023, the remaining part of the second sea cable will also be collected from the producer LS Cable & System in South Korea.
After transportation, the entire cable installation operation will be repeated one more time in spring.
The cable connection for the Hollandse Kust (north) wind farm was recently successfully tested.