Port of Den Helder Looks to Drum Up Offshore Wind Business

Consortium partners Dura Vermeer and De Vries & Van der Wiel today started work on the Kooyhaven development at the Dutch Port of Den Helder, a project expected to open up the region to the offshore wind industry.

Kooyhaven is located immediately to the south of the N99 trunk road, and to the east of the N9, on land owned by the Municipality of Hollands Kroon. Thanks to its location alongside the Noordhollandsch Kanaal, the industrial estate is linked directly to the North Sea. Kooyhaven offers space for businesses within the supply chain for the energy market that are also reliant on the port and water-based transport.

“This development offers our region a real possibility to play an important role in the further development of offshore wind energy,” said Thijs Pennink, Director of the Development Agency North Holland North.

Any objections to the Kooyhaven zoning plan have been withdrawn, so that the zoning plan adopted by the Municipal Council of Hollands Kroon in April 2015 has now been declared irrevocable. This in turn means that the consortium can actually make a start on bringing to life what has been labelled as the Regional Port-based Industrial Estate (RHB).

The first tasks will include compacting the soil of the harbour basin and the public quayside. The handover of the public quayside is planned for the fourth quarter of 2016.