Hollandse Kust Zuid Offshore Wind Delivers First Power
Strategic Research Institute
Published on :
8 Aug, 2022, 5:30 am
Vattenfall announced that the first power from Hollandse Kust Zuid wind farm has been successfully delivered to the Dutch electricity grid. Hollandse Kust Zuid wind farm, located around 18-35 kilometres off the Dutch coast in the North Sea is still in a testing phase, but the first operating turbine is already producing electricity, which is transferred to shore and feeded into the grid.
Construction of Hollandse Kust Zuid started last summer and the wind farm is scheduled to be fully operational in 2023. So far 33 out of a total of 140 turbines have been installed. Hollandse Kust Zuid, which is owned by Vattenfall, BASF and Allianz, is expected to have a total capacity of 1 500 MW, equalling the consumption of approximately 1.5 million Dutch households.
Hollandse Kust Zuid
Jointly owned by Vattenfall, BASF and Allianz
Total capacity 1,500 MW
The wind farm consists of 140 11 MW turbines, the largest ever to be installed at scale
Rotor diameter: 200 meters
The world’s first offshore wind farm to be built without subsidy
Commissioned in 2023