Van Oord has successfully completed the installation of CrossWind’s 759MW Hollandse Kust Noord offshore wind farm.
This brand-new offshore wind farm is located 18.5km off the west coast of the Netherlands near Egmond aan Zee.
CrossWind, a JV between Shell and Eneco, appointed Van Oord as a balance of plant contractor in 2020.
Van Oord’s activities encompassed the design, engineering, procurement and transport and installation of the 70 turbine foundations, inter-array cables, as well as the transport and installation of the machines themselves.
The firm started installing the foundations of the wind farm in October 2022 and completes its scope now within the year, making this one of the fastest installed sites of its kind.
Van Oord deployed its flexible fallpipe vessels Bravenes and Nordnes, offshore installation jack-up vessel MPI Resolution, cable-laying vessel Nexus and trencher Dig-It and teamed up with other industry partners DEME, Seajacks and Cadeler.
Chief executive and project director at CrossWind Tjalling de Bruin said: “Thank you and congratulations to our partner Van Oord which has worked tirelessly and safely to achieve this major milestone in the construction of our Hollandse Kust Noord offshore wind park, accelerating the Dutch energy transition.”