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| An offshore wind farm. Photo: Depositphotos.com |
The concession for the Hollandse Kust Zuid offshore wind farm
was awarded on Monday evening to Vattenfall, the Swedish state-owned energy
company which is the parent of Dutch power group Nuon.
The 30-year, €1.5bn
project is the first non-subsidised offshore windfarm in the world, online news
service Nu.nl said on Tuesday.
In announcing the news, economic affairs
minister Erik Wiebes said: ‘This will be the first to operate on wind and not
subsidies.’
Scheduled to be operational in 2022, the 700 megawatt windfarm will
generate power for one million homes, or 1% and 2% of total Dutch energy
consumption every year, the economic affairs ministry said. The county aims to
generate 16% of total energy needs –
roughly 4,500 MW – sustainably by 2023.
The cost of building offshore
wind farms has declined substantially in recent years. Vattenfall won the
concession against rival bidders which included Innology, parent of Essent and
Equinor, the former Norwegian Statoil.
Vattenfall CEO Magnus Hall said: ‘The
Netherlands is an important market for us and is our second-largest offshore
arena. We are pleased to be a part of
the energy transition taking place now.’
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