Offshore Wind Worldwide 2022 edition - Flipbook - Page 171
Offshore Wind Worldwide 2022
I. State and future
of Offshore Wind Projects
In the Netherlands, the North Sea is more
than one and a half times the size of the land
area. The increasing demand for sustainable
energy, the relatively low water depth, the
favourable wind climate and the proximity of
ports and energy consumers offer great
opportunities to facilitate energy transition.
There are currently seven active OWFs in the
Netherlands on the North Sea, as well as a
few on the IJsselmeer lake. These generate a
total of approximately 3 GW of power. New
OWFs are scheduled to be commissioned in
the future. Dutch government reports that
Dutch offshore and wind power companies
have a share of around 25% of the total
European market for offshore wind energy.
In 2013, the Dutch government signed the
Energy Agreement for Sustainable Growth
(“Energieakkoord”) which sets out the
energy ambitions and targets up to 2023.
The Energy Agreement was signed by more
than 40 organisations, including central,
regional and local governments, employers
and unions, nature conservation and
environmental organisations and other
civil-society organisations and financial
institutions. The Energy Agreement serves to
make the Netherlands less dependent on
energy imported from abroad and is a
contribution to tackling the problem of
climate change.
It was agreed that five more wind farms are
to be completed by 2023. Two of the five
wind farms have been built in the area of
Borssele. The remaining three wind farms
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will be built in the areas of the provinces
Zuid-Holland and Noord-Holland, 18.5 km
from the coast. Together with the existing
wind farms, these new OWFs should ensure
a total capacity of 4.5 GW.
In 2018, the Dutch government published
“The new Offshore Wind Energy Roadmap
2030” which sets out the energy ambitions
and targets between 2024 and 2030. It sets
out a target of an additional capacity of 7 GW
to be added between 2024 and 2030. Please
see below the planning and proposed tender
schedule for offshore wind energy:
Planning and proposed tender schedule for offshore wind energy
Capacity
(GW)
Wind Farm Zone, site(s)
Tender for
sites
Anticipated
commissioning date of
wind farm
0.7
Borssele, Sites I and II
Held in 2016
2020
0.7
Borssele, Sites III, IV en V
Held in 2016
2020
0.7
Hollandse Kust (zuid), Sites I
en II
Held in 2017
2022
0.7
Hollandse Kust (zuid), Sites III
en IV
Held in 2019
2023
0.7
Hollandse Kust (noord), Site V
Held in 2020
2024
0.7
Hollandse Kust (west), Site VI
Q4 2021
2025 to 2026
0.7
Hollandse Kust (west), Site VII
Q4 2021
2025 to 2026
0.7
Ten noorden van de
Waddeneilanden, Site I
Q4 2022
2027
1
lJmuiden Ver, Site I
Q4 2023
2028
1
lJmuiden Ver, Site II
Q4 2023
2028
1
lJmuiden Ver, Site III
Q4 2025
2029
1
lJmuiden Ver, Site IV
Q4 2025
2029