RWE and TotalEnergies have selected the port of Den Helder in the Dutch province of North Holland as the home base for OranjeWind, their joint offshore wind project in the North Sea.
Blue Port Centre, the former fish auction building, will serve as the onshore hub for the operation and maintenance teams of the wind farm. To this end, the project has signed a lease agreement with the co-operative association Blue Port Centre, the owner of the building.
RWE is preparing for the construction of the wind farm, located approximately 80 kilometres from the port of Den Helder in the North Sea, in collaboration with joint venture partner TotalEnergies.
With a capacity of 795 megawatts (MW), OranjeWind is RWE and TotalEnergies’ first offshore wind project in the Netherlands. On behalf of the joint venture, RWE is leading the development, construction and operation of the wind farm.
In 2026, the OranjeWind project will start using the Blue Port Centre to support the construction phase of the wind farm. The Blue Port Centre will house offices, changing rooms, and storage facilities.
The operation and maintenance activities of the wind farm will be conducted using a service operation vessel (SOV), which will transport technicians between the port and the wind farm, with the crew staying at sea for weeks at a time.
If fully commissioned in early 2028 as planned, OranjeWind’s 53 wind turbines should produce an expected three terawatt-hours (TWh) annually, enough electricity to power more than one million Dutch households.