DUBAI, UAE – Drydocks World has cut first steel for the high voltage alternating current (HVAC) transformer station topsides named Hollandse Kust Zuid (HKZ) Beta.
This is the third topsides that the shipyard will be constructing for Petrofac and end-client TenneT, and the second project for the HKZ wind farm.
The HVAC platform will form part of an offshore wind farm in the HKZ grid connection in the Dutch North Sea. The topsides is expected to weigh about 3,700T and have a connection capacity of 700 MW.
The project scope covers production engineering, construction, and mechanical completion. Pre-commissioning, commissioning assistance, load-out, sea fastening and HVAC engineering, procurement construction, and commissioning for the topsides will also be delivered.
