The Netherlands Enterprise Company (RVO) has acquired a number of purposes within the 4 GW IJmuiden Ver Alpha and Beta offshore wind tender, in response to the federal government company which closed the applying interval at 5 p.m. (CET) on 28 March.
RVO will now assess the purposes in collaboration with two knowledgeable committees and expects to announce the tender winner(s) in June 2024.
The Dutch tender for the 2 2 GW offshore wind websites within the IJmuiden Ver wind farm zone is a zero-subsidy one and consists of a comparative check (qualitative standards) with a monetary supply.
In a press launch issued on 28 March, shortly after closing the applying window, RVO highlighted that the tender was primarily based on factors, with 85 per cent of the full variety of factors awarded to standards with a social function. The remaining 15 per cent of factors will be earned by the quantity that an organization is keen to pay for the allow to construct and function the offshore wind farm(s).
“It’s not anticipated that the events will supply the utmost requested monetary bid. A monetary supply is included within the tenders to make sure ample variation between purposes. The winner is the occasion with essentially the most factors,” RVO states.
The qualitative standards embrace environmental and system integration options, in addition to worldwide company social duty and circularity necessities.
Within the press launch following the closing of the applying interval, RVO and the Ministry of Financial Affairs and Local weather Coverage famous that a number of purposes have been acquired regardless of the present difficult situations in offshore wind.
The Dutch Minister for Local weather and Power, Rob Jetten, stated: “The wind sector is going through challenges akin to current worth will increase and excessive rates of interest. I’m happy that regardless of these developments, a number of events have proven curiosity in constructing these wind farms. These wind farms contribute to reaching our local weather targets and vitality independence.”
Based on an replace from Eneco and Equinor on 28 March, the companions’ utility shouldn’t be amongst these.
The 2 corporations, which had teamed as much as bid within the Dutch 4 GW offshore wind tender, withdrew from competing within the tender, saying the present strategy to offshore wind was not future-proof attributable to deteriorated market situations and {that a} Contracts for Distinction (CfD) tender mannequin could be most well-liked in these circumstances.
In a white paper shared on 28 March, Eneco notes that the monetary bid requirement dangers the prices being recouped by vitality payments. The qualitative standards are nonetheless there as they have been in the previous couple of tenders, however in apply, they’re much less distinctive, Eneco states.
“On the similar time, the federal government has provided the choice to win the tender by submitting a considerably larger monetary bid. Not a comparatively low fastened quantity, however a most quantity of 420 million euros per yr, for 40 years. The upper the quantity a celebration bids, the extra factors are awarded within the evaluation of their bid (as much as a most of 15% of the rating). If the monetary part turns into even bigger, the tenders will turn out to be rather more like an public sale than was the case till now,” the Dutch firm stated.
The Dutch authorities has not disclosed which corporations and consortia submitted purposes within the nation’s newest offshore wind tender, nevertheless, Swedish multinational vitality firm Vattenfall has introduced that it’s bidding for each IJmuiden Ver websites.
Vattenfall stated that the plans for web site Alpha give attention to biodiversity standards, whereas Beta is targeted on system integration. The corporate filed the purposes(s) below the identify “Zeevonk”, which is the Dutch phrase for sea sparkle, a pure phenomenon that happens because the plankton recognized for its bioluminescence illuminates the ocean. The identify emphasises the significance of biodiversity throughout the wind farm in addition to the vitality spark, “vonk” in Dutch, that’s created by the electrical energy produced by a wind farm, Vattenfall stated.
The offshore wind farms at IJmuiden Ver Alpha and Beta websites are anticipated to be put into operation on the finish of 2029 or the start of 2030.
The 6 GW IJmuiden Ver Wind Farm Zone comprises three websites, with IJmuiden Ver Gamma, the third 2 GW web site, anticipated to be put out to tender in 2025.
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