Hollandse Kust (Zuid) Alpha topside installed
The Netherlands: The offshore transformer station of the Hollandse Kust Alpha platform was successfully installed on the jacket in the North Sea on 26 December.
Image source: TenneT
The Netherlands: The offshore transformer station of the Hollandse Kust Alpha platform was successfully installed on the jacket in the North Sea on 26 December.
The transformer station, also called topside, is one of the two topsides of the Hollandse Kust (Zuid) offshore grid, which will connect the offshore wind farm area with the same name to the Dutch onshore high-voltage grid.
“With the installation of the Alpha topside, the offshore grid that TenneT is building in the North Sea is starting to take shape. Hollandse Kust (zuid) Alpha is the first connection of an offshore wind farm to the Maasvlakte, with a capacity of 700 MW. Wind energy plays a crucial role in the energy transition, also in industry, and I am proud that TenneT can contribute to a sustainable future in this way,” said Marco Kuijpers, Director of Large Projects Offshore.
The Beta topside – also with a capacity of 700 MW – is expected to follow in the first quarter of next year. When the wind farm area Hollandse Kust (zuid), developed by wind farm developer Vattenfall, is fully operational in 2023, it will generate an amount of renewably energy that is equivalent to the annual consumption of more than two million households.
Source: TenneT
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