CrossWind, a joint venture between Shell and Eneco, has commissioned its 759MW Hollandse Kust Noord offshore wind farm, 18.5km offshore Egmond aan Zee in the Netherlands.
The country will now achieve more than 4.5GW of offshore wind by the end of 2024.
Hollandse Kust Noord was built by CrossWind as a subsidy-free project. The project is expected to generate 3.3TWh of clean electricity annually, which is 2.8% of the Netherlands’ electricity requirement and enough to supply one million Dutch households.
In combination with other offshore wind farms such as Borssele and…
