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Drydocks World and Petrofac complete Alpha and Beta topsides for TenneT’s Offshore Grid Upon completion in 2023, Hollandse Kust Zuid can power millions of households with renewable energy
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he Beta topside, the second of two High Voltage Alternating Current (HVAC) offshore transformer station topsides, successfully sailed away from Drydocks World Dubai’s fabrication yard to the Netherlands on 18 February 2022, following the Alpha topside in November 2021. Together, the Alpha and Beta topsides will form part of the Hollandse Kust Zuid (HKZ) grid connection that will connect the offshore wind farm with the Dutch mainland, producing enough renewable electricity to cover the annual needs of over two million households when fully operational in 2023. Drydocks World is committed to supporting its customers through the energy transition and beyond, with collaborative projects such as the HKZ grid connection exemplifying its involvement in the shift to a greener world, a press release stated.
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The offshore wind farm will cover an area of 235.8sqkm and be made up of four 350 MW offshore wind farms, which will be connected to two 700 MW offshore substations: the already installed HKZ Alpha topside and the recently delivered HKZ Beta topside.
Significant Milestone
“We are proud and happy to have reached such a significant milestone on this important project, working with our partners to help our client TenneT and the Dutch government increase wind energy production capacity offshore of the Netherlands,” asserted Lahoud, COO, Engineering & Construction, Petrofac. DP World Pavilion-Expo 2020 “With the completion of the Beta topside, Capt. Rado Antolovic PhD, Drydocks the offshore grid that TenneT is building in the World was recently joined by Elie Lahoud, North Sea is starting to take shape. Hollandse Petrofac and Marco Kuijpers, TenneT at Kust Zuid is the first connection of an offshore Expo 2020 in the DP World Pavilion, to wind farm to the Maasvlakte,” noted Kuijpers, celebrate the sail away of both topsides. Director Large Project Offshore, TenneT. “At Drydocks World, we are committed The HKZ Alpha and Beta topside project to supporting our customers and industry is an end-to-end collaboration between with innovative low carbon and net Drydocks World, Petrofac and TenneT, zero solutions to energy production. As committed to producing greener energy. such, completing our part in the HKZ Petrofac awarded the contract to Drydocks Alpha and Beta topside project is a World to complete fabrication, commissioning major milestone for us,” affirmed Capt. and load out for two topsides, the press Antolovic PhD, CEO, Drydocks World. communique concluded.
