Hollandse Kust Noord
Located 18.5km off Egmond aan Zee. At least 3.3 TWh/year.
Status
Operationallifecycle stage
Ownership
Shell (via CrossWind C.V.) — 79.9% ◆
Eneco (via CrossWind C.V.) — 20.1% ◆Location
NetherlandsNorth Sea
Technology
Capacity
759 MW ◆
Turbines
69 × 11 MW ◆
Model
Siemens Gamesa SG 11-0-200 DD ◆
Foundation
Monopile ◆
Site & conditions
Site rights
Seabed rights held ∴
Origination
Hollandse Kust (noord) Site V · 2020 ·
Water depth
15–28 m ◆
Distance from shore
18.5 km ◆
Wind speed
9.8 m/s @ 150 m ≈
Revenue & grid
Offtake
Merchant ◆
Grid
Secured · 2020 ◆
Connection
TenneT HKN offshore transformer station, 220kV AC, Hollandse … ◆
Schedule
FID
2020 ◆
COD
20 Dec 2023 ◆
Project timeline & ownership verified milestones on the spine · ownership from Hafrok’s transactions record
Origination · 2020-07
Hollandse Kust (noord) Site V
- Awarded to
- CrossWind (Shell + Eneco)
- Basis
- integrated tender
Founding JV · 2020-07
Shell · Eneco — CrossWind consortium (Shell 79.9%, Eneco 20.1%) awarded the subsidy-free tender for Hollandse Kust Noord by the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy on 29 July 2020. No financial consideration — tender was awarded at zero-subsidy. Total project capex ~EUR 1.4bn. No secondary stake sales identified to date; ownership unchanged since formation.
Evidence
From the auction results — the round that created the project; founding JV from Hafrok’s transactions record.
Dashed tick marks today (9 Sep 2026). The teal diamond on the spine is origination — the seabed award or round that created the project. Every other ownership event lives in the band below: one station per recorded deal, dated at its label, in deal order rather than to calendar scale. Secondary trades appear only at the interchanges; grey lines are parties whose entry or exit Hafrok’s record does not hold.
Announced-COD history: 2023→2023-12-20 · 2 recorded revisions · slipped +0.5 yr (first announced 2023)
Revenue & offtake the regime the project was built under
Offtake regime on record
RegimeSubsidy-free (zero-subsidy bid); Amazon PPA 380 MW (250 MW Shell + 130 MW Eneco, from 2024)
InstrumentMerchant
A built project sells its power under the contract or support regime it was financed with; it is not expected to bid into new government offtake rounds. Where the record does not yet name that regime, the row says so rather than guessing.
Installation how the build is going · from satellite counts and Hafrok’s registers
Satellite installation tracker
counted from satellite radar images · a structure standing in the sea on a given date, not a turbine producing power · a guide, not a sourced fact
Installation · counted from satellite
Foundations69 of 69≈100% · first seen 2022-05-16
Turbines68 of 69≈99% · first seen 2023-04-20
Latest count2024-12-31from 302 satellite passes · 1 substation platform left out so the counts compare with the turbine number · the count has ended: the build is complete
Hafrok counts foundations and turbines from satellite radar images (≈): a structure is counted once it is seen standing in the sea, which is not the same as producing power. A structure first seen in the last 60 days is not yet confirmed, because on a single image a freshly set foundation and a ship holding position look alike. Substation platforms are left out so the counts compare with the number of turbines. Rows marked with a dot (·) come from Hafrok’s own registers; a supplier or contract appears only where a source states it — everything else reads “not recorded”, never guessed.
Structures standing over time · count
strong line = confirmed · light line = seen in the last 60 days, not yet confirmed · the chart counts every structure (69 turbines + 1 platform); the table counts turbines only
foundationsturbines up (a substation top being set in place counts here too)
Satellite image
Image taken2026-09-05≈Copernicus Sentinel-1 radar satellite, southbound pass · 1 newer pass skipped because the satellite’s track only caught part of the farm (the best of them 71%)
Farm covered100%≈the whole farm lies inside the image
Structures ringed70 confirmed · 0 not yet confirmed≈as counted on 2024-12-31 · the image is newer than the count, so a bright spot without a ring may be a structure not yet counted
Construction ports
PortBuss Terminal Eemshaven ◆·turbine marshalling · quay 5000 m · crane 50 t · draft 14 m
Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026, processed by ESA and by Microsoft Planetary Computer.
Latest satellite radar image · 2026-09-05
a radar picture, not a photograph: the sea is dark, steel is bright · black is beyond the edge of the image
confirmed structure (70)seen recently, not yet confirmed (0)probably a substation platform (a larger structure than a turbine; the register above has the facts)farm boundary
Grid connection
from Hafrok’s substation, converter and cable registers
Offshore platforms · 1
Offshore substationHollandse Kust (noord) Alpha·220 kV · in service 2023 · owner TenneT (Dutch TSO)
Grid connection · ready in time?
when each part of the grid connection is due, against the start date the developer states (black line) · a bar spans the whole year, quarter or month the source gives
installed or in serviceexpected deliveryearlier date that was later moved
Sources & verification
17/18 fields verified · rests on 12 sources (7 primary) · ◆ 5 documents held
◆Verified≈Modelled◇Sourced∴Inferred⌁Convention○Unverified∅No source·Derived
Numbers are stable citation ids — grouped by source class, so they are not consecutive.
Regulator2
[2]
RVO2019-10◆ Hollandse Kust (noord) kavel V - Project…
“Project and Site Description Hollandse Kust (noord), Version October 2019. Appendix C: Boundaries and Coordinates HKNWFS.”
supportsWater depthDistance from shoreCoordinates
[3]
RVO2020-07◆ RVO Hollandse Kust Noord site V results
“On 29 July 2020, the Minister of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy announced the permits for Hollandse Kust (noord) Wind Farm Site V has been issued to CrossWind C.V., a consortium comprising Shell …”
supportsMechanismDetail
Operator4
[1]
Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy (Netherlands)2019-04-04◆ Kavelbesluit V windenergiegebied Holland…
“Kavel V windenergiegebied Hollandse Kust (noord) wordt aangewezen als locatie voor een windpark met een totaal geinstalleerd vermogen van minimaal 693 MW tot maximaal 760 MW. ... Kavel V in windenergi…”
supportsConsentTotal capacityFoundationStatusConnection point+4 more
[5]
Eneco2020-07-29◆ CrossWind wins tender for Hollandse Kust…
“On 29 July 2020, CrossWind C.V. - a joint venture between Shell in the Netherlands and Eneco - has won the tender for the Hollandse Kust (noord) offshore wind farm. Both companies have already taken t…”
supportsFinal investment decision
[6]
CrossWind / Eneco2023-06-19
“On June 19 the Hollandse Kust Noord offshore wind park produced its first megawatt-hours (MWh) of green energy, and delivered it via TenneT's offshore grid to the Dutch mainland.”
supportsFirst power
[11]
Eneco2023-12-20
“The consortium plans to have Hollandse Kust (noord) operational in 2023, with expected generation of at least 3.3 TWh per year. CrossWind is a joint venture between Shell in the Netherlands and Eneco.”
supportsBackground
OEM1
[4]
CrossWind / Siemens Gamesa2021-02-11
“CrossWind is a joint venture between Shell (79.9%) and Eneco (20.1%). The Notice to Proceed has been signed, following the issuance of the irrevocable permit from Dutch authorities in December 2020. T…”
supportsTurbinesModelUnit capacityTotal capacity
Trade press5
[7]
offshoreWIND.biz2022-10-18
Press report — cited, not quoted; read it at the source link.
supportsOffshore constructionFoundationDistance from shore
[8]
offshoreWIND.biz2023-12-20◆ Hollandse Kust Noord Offshore Wind Farm …
Press report — cited, not quoted; read it at the source link.
supportsCommercial operationCOD historyTurbinesModelUnit capacity+1 more
[10]
WindpowerNL2021-09-23
Press report — cited, not quoted; read it at the source link.
supportsturbine marshalling
[13]
NS Energy2024
Press report — cited, not quoted; read it at the source link.
supportsoperatorpartner
[14]