First subsidy-free offshore wind farm starts taking shape

A truly pioneering offshore wind project, the first to be built without government subsidies, has reached a major milestone with the start of offshore construction work.

The offshore work started earlier this month with the installation of the scour protection at the first of the 140 monopile foundation locations at the 1.5 GW Hollandse Kust Zuid (HKZ) wind farm offshore the Netherlands.