#The Netherlands

The Hollandse Kust Noord offshore wind farm, built by CrossWind, a joint venture between Shell and Eneco, went into operation on 20 December.

TenneT recently inspected six high-voltage connections in northern Netherlands, using helicopters equipped with special cameras and sensors.

TenneT has announced the appointment of Maarten Camps and Kuldip Singh to its Supervisory Board.

The Netherlands, Schiedam: HSM Offshore Energy has been awarded a contract to construct an offshore HV substation and its jacked foundation in Denmark.

Nord Pool and Equigy have announced a partnership to create a new way to trade energy flexibility in the Dutch power market.

DNV conducted an extensive power failure investigation after an incident in an HV substation, and the summary is now publicly available.

The pilot of the first high-frequency decentralised energy trading platform was successfully launched at the Port of Rotterdam.

The Netherlands: The topside for the offshore transformer station Hollandse Kust (north) was successfully placed on the undercarriage (jacket).

Netherlands, Antwerp: After successful load out, topside Hollandse Kust (north) is now in position for sea transport to Egmond aan Zee.

Netherlands, Friesland: During transport to the Louwsmeer HV substation (Tytsjerk, Friesland) last week, a new 220 kV transformer (weighing 250 T) fell over.

Netherlands, Flevoland: Two incidents at electricity substations in the Dutch province of Flevoland have caused widespread power outages.

Netherlands, Rotterdam: To safeguard reliable power output and reduce risk, the Bio Golden Raand biomass power plant installed a continuous transformer monitor.

Netherlands, Arnhem: In the Esbjerg Declaration, Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark, and Belgium agreed to jointly install 65 GW of offshore wind energy by 2030.

The Netherlands: Dutch grid operator TenneT has this week installed the topside of the second offshore transformer platform.

The Netherlands, Vlissingen: Kolektor Etra has announced successfully assembling two power transformers rated 150 MVA for Stedin.

Netherlands, Vlissingen – A five meter high transformer weighing 170,000 kg arrived in the port of Vlissingen on 14 February.

Netherlands: A cargo ship was cast adrift by storm Corrie on Monday in the Dutch North Sea, in the area where grid operator TenneT is building two transformer platforms.

Netherlands: TenneT, an electricity transmission system operator, has contracted Arcadis to develop a standard design for 2GW land converter stations.

The Netherlands: Energy logistics provider Peterson is supporting the offshore installation of the two 700 MW transformer platforms.

Netherlands, Oosterhout: Grid operators TenneT and Liander are building a new transformer substation in Oosterhout, near Nijmegen.

Sea and Land Project Engineering has won a contract to provide the design of the Hollandse Kust Noord offshore transformer station jacket and foundations.