After three years of construction on land and sea, the grid connection for Hollandse Kust (west) Alpha is officially ready for commissioning. TenneT received the grid readiness certificate from DNV.Now that the grid connection is ready for use, the wind farm operator Ecowende (a joint venture between Shell and Eneco) can connect the wind turbines in the offshore wind farm as soon as they are built. With an installed capacity of about 760MW, Ecowende is going to green about 3% of the current Dutch electricity demand in the coming years. The wind farm is expected to be commissioned in 2026 and will be located about 50 kilometers off the coast of Egmond aan Zee, the Netherlands.
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