Eemshaven, 3 February 2026

On 3 February, the OranjeWind project team, together with Rijkswaterstaat, Coast Guard, State Supervision of Mines and RVO, visited TKF Subsea Solutions in Eemshaven. TKF will produce the inter array cables that connect the wind turbines to each as well as the wind farm to Tennet's electricity grid. Prior to the tour, attendees were updated on the progress of the project and given an explanation of the construction preparations that are currently in full swing. During the tour, TKF provided a detailed explanation of the various steps and phases in the inter array cable production process.

“It was an interesting and informative visit to the new factory in Eemshaven. At the same time, we strengthened our contact with the OranjeWind project team”, recalls Marco de Krieger of Rijkswaterstaat.

Gert van den Hoek, Project Director at TKF: “TKF Subsea Solutions in Eemshaven was pleased to host the OranjeWind project team and stakeholders. The concluding tour with detailed explanations was much appreciated by all attendees.”

“We will start the offshore construction and installation of OranjeWind this year,” says Matthias Esken, Project Director at OranjeWind. “Good cooperation and alignment of all activities is essential for this. With this visit, we were able to show to our stakeholders, partners and colleagues how a cable production looks like and how complex the fabrication processes are. It is not just cables…”