The first electricity has been produced from the large Hollandse Kust Noord offshore wind farm.

The CrossWind consortium led by Shell and Mitsubishi subsidiary Eneco has delivered several megawatt-hours (MWh) worth of electricity to the Dutch mainland via the electricity grid, operated by state-owned TenneT. Shell plans to use electricity from the project to make green hydrogen (H₂) at a 200-MW plant under construction in Rotterdam.

In the coming months, production capacity will be constantly increased, so the wind park will eventually generate 3.3 TWh (terawatt-hours) a year," Eneco said in the statement.

Hollandse Kust Noord is being built 18.5 km off the Dutch coast by CrossWind. The wind park consists of 69 wind turbines, each with a capacity of 11 MW. Offshore construction began mid-October 2022 with the installation of the first monopile, and the wind turbine installation has started in April 2023. Full production of green electricity is expected by the end of 2023.

The Netherlands plans to add around 1 gigawatt (GW) per year of offshore wind capacity in the North Sea as it looks to hit a target of 21 GW of offshore wind power by 2030. One gigawatt capacity is enough to supply around 1 million households with energy.