The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) has awarded a funding of €551 million to RWE for a 100 MW electrolysis project in Eemshaven. The project will be located near the Magnum power station in the northern part of the country. The funding has been provided under the Dutch government’s Sustainable Energy Production and Climate Transition Incentive Scheme.
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Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has inked a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Google through its Energy Transition Fund I in the Netherlands. As part of this agreement, Google will purchase 250 MW of wind energy from the Zeevonk project to support its operations in the Dutch region for a period of 15 years. The Zeevonk project is a joint venture between Vattenfall and CIP, integrating offshore wind, solar energy, and green hydrogen production on a large scale.
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Rolls-Royce Holdings has announced an order for a 32.6-MW/65.2-MWh battery storage system to supplement the Zeewolde wind farm in the Netherlands. The turn-key contract is from Battery Park Zeewolde and includes a 10-year maintenance agreement. Rolls-Royce’s mtu EnergyPack QG system is set to launch in the summer of 2025. It will help the client in the markets for grid services and energy trading.
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The Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate, through Netherlands Enterprise Agency, has initiated a 4 GW offshore wind tender which aims to award two permits in early 2024, dividing them between plot Alpha (2 GW) and plot Beta (2 GW). Future plans involve adding another plot, eventually increasing the total capacity to 6 GW. These designated areas are part of the IJmuiden Ver wind farm zone in the North Sea. The deadline for bid submissions is March 28, 2024.
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The assessment of the wind resource across the IJmuiden Ver Wind Farm Zone (IJVWFZ, Project site) was performed, situated approximately 62 km from the west mainland coast of the Netherlands. This work was undertaken by OWC and partners, which included ProPlanEn, ArcVera, and Innosea.
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Netherlands has strong ambitions and national net zero policies, but is seeing significant implementation problems. Germany needs to find ways to increase clean electricity and housing efficiency. Italy has strengths in energy efficiency and it plans to become a hub for green hydrogen, but there are difficulties in gaining authorizations to develop new power generation and renovate homes.
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Eurus Energy, a Japanese wind power company, has obtained licences to construct a 20 MW electrolyser facility in the Netherlands. The project will generate green hydrogen for the industry hub, Chemie Park Delfzijl, in the region of Groningen. The Japanese company is completing the project’s design and contracts through its subsidiary Eurus Energy Europe BV while preparing for an investment decision in 2024.
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HyCC has contracted McPhy and Technip Energies for the electrolyser supply, design and construction of a 20MW green hydrogen plant planned for the Netherlands. Set to be operated by HyCC using McPhy electrolysers, the ‘Djewels’ plant will produce 3,000 tonnes of green hydrogen annually. Its offtake is anticipated to be supplied to OCI Methanol Europe for the production of renewable methanol.
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National Grid and TenneT have unveiled plans for LionLink, an innovative cross-border direct current cable that will connect offshore wind between the UK and the Netherlands. The LionLink project is a multi-purpose or hybrid interconnector that will connect up to 2 GW of offshore wind capacity between the British and Dutch electricity systems. It will be only the second hybrid interconnector in the world and significantly larger than its predecessor, Germany and Denmark’s 400 MW Kriegers Flag link that connects two offshore substations in the Baltic Sea.
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The Government of the Netherlands has announced plans to use offshore wind power to produce significant amounts of offshore hydrogen. The project will be built in the North of the Wadden Islands wind energy sector and will have a capacity for electrolysis of about 500 MW. It is anticipated to start operating in 2031. Reportely, the site also offers the possibility to reuse an existing natural gas pipeline to send hydrogen ashore. The project will be the first to connect to Gasunie’s offshore hydrogen network, details of which will be decided this year, according to the announcement
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TenneT, the Dutch-German energy network operator, has awarded offshore cable systems contracts to Prysmian and NKT for two grid connection projects in the Netherlands. The IJmuiden Ver Alpha and Nederwiek I projects will link two future offshore wind farms in the Dutch North Sea to the province of Zeeland in the country’s southwest. In total, the two contracts are estimated to be worth $1.9 billion.
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Australia and the Netherlands have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collaborate on the construction of a green hydrogen supply chain from Australia to Europe via the Port of Rotterdam. During Australia’s Minister for Climate Change and Energy, Chris Bowen’s visit to Europe, the MoU was signed between him and the Netherlands Minister for Climate and Energy. This expands on existing agreements between many Australian jurisdictions and the Dutch port.
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Ecowende, a joint venture between Shell and Eneco, has won a bid to develop a 760 MW offshore wind facility at Hollandse Kust (west) VI in the Netherlands. The offshore wind farm, which is around 53 km from the Dutch coast, is slated to start operating in 2026. Once operational, it will generate enough clean energy to reduce carbon emissions by about 3 per cent of current electricity demand in the Netherlands.
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CCE Group GmbH, often known as Clean Capital Energy, is an Australian solar developer intending to increase its Netherlands portfolio to more than 100 MW.
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The construction of the 759 MW Hollandse Kust Noord (HKN) offshore wind farm, off the coast of the Netherlands, has commenced with the first monopile installed. Van Oord will set up the project’s 70 monopiles at the HKN site, which is 18 kilometres offshore in Egmond aan Zee, over the upcoming months.
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Q Energy has partnered with Dutch solar developer Tomorrow Energy to co-develop 300 MW of photovoltaic (PV) projects in the Netherlands, making its entry into the Dutch renewable energy market. In accordance with the agreement, the two companies will collaborate to develop 21 solar projects, each with an installed capacity ranging from 4 MW to 40 MW.
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RWE, a German energy company, has agreed to acquire the 1.4 GW Magnum gas-fired power plant in the Netherlands from Vattenfall for $534 million. Magnum has been in operation since 2013 at Eemshaven, in the Dutch province of Groningen. Reportedly, the power plant is ‘hydrogen-ready,’ which means it can run on hydrogen partially or completely.
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Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Denmark inked an agreement in Esbjerg to produce 65 GW of offshore wind energy and 150 GW of green hydrogen by 2030 and 2050, respectively. Declaring their intention to become Europe’s Green Power Plant, the joint accord intends to tenfold the region’s offshore wind power capacity, with total private sector investments expected to reach €135 billion.
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SSE Renewables and Brookfield Asset Management, a Canadian investment business, have joined forces to bid for the Hollandse Kust (west) offshore wind farm zone, which is currently under construction in the Netherlands. The Hollandse Kust (west) zones, which are about 53 km from the Dutch coast, are being auctioned for the development of two individual sites, each with a capacity of 700 MW.
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The Netherlands has stated that it will shortly issue a request for proposals for the construction of two new offshore wind farms with a combined capacity of 1400 MW. The North Sea will be the site of the new projects. The Dutch government released laws detailing the procedure in the Government Gazette on March 9, 2022. According to the notification, wind farm lots 6 and 7 will each have a capacity of 700 MW.
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