Peterson has been awarded a logistics contract from Petrofac to support the offshore installation phase of two 700 megawatt (MW) transformer platforms for TenneT’s Hollandse Kust Zuid (HKZ) offshore grid.
The two substations will serve as a connection between the Vattenfall-operated offshore wind farm of the same name, and the electricity grid run by transmission operator TenneT.
Comprised of 140 11-MW turbines, the 1,500MW wind project is expected to be fully operational in 2023. It forms a major part of achieving the Dutch government’s target of 3.5GW of offshore wind capacity by that year.
Located 11 miles off the Dutch coast between The Hague and Zandvoort, the site will support renewable electricity output equivalent to the annual consumption of over two million households.
Petrofac was awarded a $200m (£147m) contract for the work in 2019 by TenneT, and has already installed jackets for the two transformer platforms, the second of which was placed last summer.
The first substation was then installed in December using the Allseas vessel Pioneering Spirit. The Beta topside is scheduled to follow later this quarter.
The latest award will see Peterson provide a comprehensive range of services including agency, procurement, warehousing, container and tank rental, customs, chartering of support vessels, helicopter services and waste handling, delivered from the Port of Den Helder in the Netherlands.
The energy logistics provider runs UK operations from a base in Aberdeen, alongside decommissioning facilities in Great Yarmouth and Shetland and an additional site in Heysham.
Managing director for the Netherlands and Middle East, Steef Ritzema, said the company was “delighted” to support Petrofac with the project.
January 2022 marks the start of Sarah Moore’s tenure as Peterson Energy Logistics’ CEO. Ms Moore, previously an executive director, replaced the retiring Erwin Kooij as chief executive at the start of the year.
Peterson also recently announced its commitment to becoming carbon-neutral across all 27 of its sites by the end of 2022. The plans cover the company’s operations across seven countries and will be achieved through the PAS 2060 accreditation scheme.
The company is set to add two new electric forklifts and a new 150-tonne mobile crane during this quarter at Den Helder.
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