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title: "Ecowende (Hollandse Kust West Site VI)"
source: https://hafrok.com/projects/nl-ecowende-hollandse-kust-west-site-vi/
identifier: nl-ecowende-hollandse-kust-west-site-vi
updated: 2026-10-13
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# Ecowende (Hollandse Kust West Site VI)

Source: https://hafrok.com/projects/nl-ecowende-hollandse-kust-west-site-vi/  
Data as of: 2026-10-13

Won via competitive tender with ecology as key assessment criterion.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Country | Netherlands |
| Sea basin | North Sea |
| Capacity | 760 MW |
| Turbines | 52 |
| Lifecycle stage | Under Construction |
| Owners | Shell · Chubu Electric Power · Eneco |
| Coordinates | 52.72, 3.82 |
| Commercial operation (announced) | 2026 |
| Commercial operation (Hafrok's expected year) | 2026 (range 2026–2028) |
| Chance of delivery | Delivering (weight 0.974) |

## Milestones

- **Final investment decision** — 2022 (achieved)
- **Consent granted** — 2022-12-15 (achieved)
- **Consent applied** — 2022-Q2 (achieved)
- **Offshore construction** — 2025-09 (achieved)
- **First power** — 2026-07 (achieved)
- **Commercial operation** — 2026 (expected)

## Offtake

Offtake regime: Zero-subsidy (ecology-criteria tender, merchant / PPA)


## Sources

Every figure above traces to one of these. Quoted passages are held but not republished; follow the link for the original wording.

- RVO (Netherlands Enterprise Agency), 2024-08 — https://english.rvo.nl/topics/windenergie-op-zee/wind-farm-zone
- Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy (Netherlands), 2021-11-26 — https://wetten.overheid.nl/BWBR0046360/
- RVO (Netherlands Enterprise Agency), 2021-06 — https://offshorewind.rvo.nl/file/download/55040980/Project+and+Site+Description+Hollandse+Kust+(west)+-+version+June+2021
- Eneco, 2022-12-15 — https://news.eneco.com/shell-and-eneco-win-tender-for-offshore-wind-farm-hollandse-kust-west-vi/
- Vestas, 2023-12-22 — https://www.vestas.com/en/media/company-news/2023/vestas-secures-a-firm-order-for-ecowende-s-hollandse-ku-c3898464
- offshoreWIND.biz, 2025-09-25 — https://www.offshorewind.biz/2025/09/25/offshore-construction-starts-on-ecowendes-760-mw-dutch-offshore-wind-farm/
- offshoreWIND.biz, 2025-12-05 — https://www.offshorewind.biz/2025/12/05/first-monopile-in-at-most-ecological-offshore-wind-farm-yet/
- offshoreWIND.biz, 2024-05-09 — https://www.offshorewind.biz/2024/05/09/japans-chubu-completes-ecowende-buy-in/
- Ecowende, 2024-12-12 — https://ecowende.nl/en/news/ecowende-chooses-buss-ports-for-state-of-the-art-port-infrastructure/
- offshoreWIND.biz, 2026-06-01 — https://www.offshorewind.biz/2026/06/01/first-wind-turbine-installed-at-hollandse-kust-west-vi-site/
- GEBCO Compilation Group, 2020 — https://www.gebco.net/data_and_products/gridded_bathymetry_data/
- DTU Wind Energy / World Bank (Global Wind Atlas), 2026 — https://globalwindatlas.info/
- Eneco, 2026-07-06 — https://news.eneco.com/first-power-ecowendes-offshore-wind-farm-produces-its-first-green-energy/
- Staatscourant (officielebekendmakingen.nl), 2022-03-05 — https://zoek.officielebekendmakingen.nl/stcrt-2022-7101-n1.html

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