The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) opened a tender on 1 March 2019 for the Hollandse Kust Zuid 3 & 4 offshore wind zone. in the North Sea. The tender will close on 14 March 2019, and will issue necessary rights to a successful applicant looking to establish a project up to 750 MW in capacity. The RVO is aiming for a subsidy-free contract. However, should this tender procedure fail to attract an acceptable zero subsidy bid, a tender procedure including subsidies will be initiated. The wind farm will cover an area of 100km2 in water depths ranging between 18 and 25 metres. Once the winner has been selected, commissioning is anticipated by 2023. Vattenfall recently confirmed its participation, having secured secured the rights to the 700MW Hollandse Kust Zuid 1&2 sites after it placed a zero-subsidy bid in a similar tender last year. There is another offshore wind farm zone off the Dutch coast, which is to be tendered in 2019. The Hollandse Kust Noord zone consists of two 350MW sites which, according to the Country’s Energy Agreement, could enter construction as early as 2022. The Dutch government wants to achieve a 14% renewable energy share in 2020, growing to 16% in 2023. Wind energy is an important renewable energy source in the Netherlands, and the Dutch Ministry of Economic Aﬀairs and Climate has plans to install 11.5GW of offshore wind energy by 2030. For more information about offshore wind farms worldwide, click here. Alternatively you can view projects across the globe using 4C Offshore's interactive map.
Climate has launched a 750 MW offshore wind tender. Set to close on 14 March, the wind farm will cover a 100 sq km area with depths between 18 and 25 metres in the Hollandse Kust Zuid 3 and 4 zones in the North Sea. Intended as a subsidy-free contract, the agency confirmed it will begin a tender procedure with subsidies if the initial tender does not receive an acceptable bid. The wind farm is expected to be commissioned by 2023.