TenneT has selected Van Oord and Hellenic Cables to supply and install a 220kV export link for the Hollandse Kust Zuid Alpha offshore wind grid hub.
The partners will lead on the 700MW cable connection with LMR Drilling contracted separately to carry out horizontal directional drilling.
Workscope on the main contract includes design, manufacture, installation and connection of twin 350MW cables between separately-contracted offshore platforms and the Maasvlakte onshore substation.
The consortium is also the preferred bidder for the Beta grid hub in the same wind farm zone. A 66kV connection between the two offshore substations is included as option in the contract.
TenneT said the Alpha platform is scheduled for completion in 2021 with Beta to follow in 2022.
Chief executive Manon van Beek said: “This new offshore grid contract conforms to the timeline set out in the Dutch National Energy Agreement and represents another important step towards the development of large-scale offshore electricity production capacity.
“TenneT, and therefore the Netherlands as a whole, is well on track to realize 3.5GW of additional offshore wind farms, increasing the total offshore capacity to approximately 4.5GW by 2023.”
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TenneT taps Van Oord, Hellenic
By EBS